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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 12:23:11 -0700
To: "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@gmx.de>,
 "Ayesh Karunaratne" <ayesh@php.watch>,
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] VCS Account Request: ayesh
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From: jimw@trainedmonkey.com ("Jim Winstead")

On Wed, Sep 25, 2024, at 12:17 PM, Christoph M. Becker wrote:
> On 25.09.2024 at 20:54, Ayesh Karunaratne wrote:
>
>> My name is Ayesh Karunaratne, with GitHub username @Ayesh.
>>
>> In one of my recent PRs, Christoph (@cmb) made a friendly mention that
>> it might be time for a php.net and commit karma to php-src
>> (https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/13675#issuecomment-2373846727).
>> I'm excitedly requesting one now :)
>>
>> I started to contribute to php-src mostly with typo fixes, changes in
>> the UPGRADING file, GitHub Actions, followed by changes and new
>> features in mbstring, Curl, and pcre extensions.
>>
>> I run a PHP-related website at https://php.watch, where most of my
>> posts include the latest changes in the upcoming PHP version. This has
>> me pulling up the latest php-src commits, running my own tests on
>> them, and documenting those changes.
>>
>> In addition to code contributions, I'm one of the volunteers in the
>> PHP Foundation on our PHP Core Roundup post series, and participate in
>> the internals mailing list where I might be able to add some value.
>>
>> For PHP 8.5, I'm also one of the co-authors of the
>> `get_declared_enums` RFC. I look forward to working on future RFCs,
>> especially focusing on Mbstring/unicode, Curl and pcre extensions.
>>
>> I realize some of the changes I mentioned above don't require a
>> php.net account, and wiki.php.net is separate from Git access.
>> However, I hope it paints a slightly detailed picture that I have been
>> working with php-src for a while and that I'm familiar with it.
>>
>> Even with a php.net account, I understand that following the PR and
>> review process is important. However, I might be able to help with
>> minor upkeep tasks such as quick fixes in CI, Readme, UPGRADING, etc
>> files, as well as potential contributions and PR approvals/merges in
>> doc-en and even php-src once I learn from core developers.
>
>
> Hi Ayesh,
>
> I don't see a reason why we shouldn't grant you a php.net account.
>
> However, did you already fill-out and send the form on
> <https://www.php.net/git-php.php>?  There is apparently no account
> request filed on people.php.net.

I already approved the account. The confirmation messages that get sent to internals were being bounced because the sender (group@php.net) was not subscribed to the list. That's been fixed, so future notifications of approved accounts should make it through.

Jim