# cvs account requests - Thread: https://externals.io/message/8480 - Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/8480 - Started by Wez Furlong on 2004-03-11T13:15:08+00:00 - Messages: 8 - Reply by email to internals@lists.php.net - More for agents: search with https://externals.io/search.md?q={query} · JSON API at https://externals.io/api · documentation at https://externals.io/llms.txt --- ## #8480 — Wez Furlong — 2004-03-11T13:15:08+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/8480#8480 as a simple optimization, can we disallow requests with a single-word reason from ever reaching the account request system? Likewise, we can also do the same for the requests containing the word "learn". Any volunteers? :) --Wez. --- ## #8491 — Olivier Hill — 2004-03-12T00:26:32+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/8480#8491 · In reply to: #8480 Wez Furlong wrote: > as a simple optimization, can we disallow requests with a single-word reason > from ever reaching the account request system? > > Likewise, we can also do the same for the requests containing the word > "learn". What about: "I'd like to contribute to the xyz system. I could also contribute to abc system, but I'll have to learn it before" I like your idea, but I can't see how we could do it. Perhaps disallowing requests with fewer than 5 words would be a good start. Oliver -- GB/E/IT d+ s+:+ a-- C++$ UL++++$ P++++ L+++$ E- W++$ N- ?o ?K w--(---) !O M+$ V- PS+ PE- Y PGP t++ 5-- X+@ R- tv++ b++(+++) DI++++ D+ G++ e+>++ h(*) r y+(?) --- ## #8492 — Ard Biesheuvel — 2004-03-12T12:23:56+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/8480#8492 · In reply to: #8480 Wez Furlong wrote: > as a simple optimization, can we disallow requests with a single-word reason > from ever reaching the account request system? > > Likewise, we can also do the same for the requests containing the word > "learn". What about a little quiz (a couple of questions about CVS or about PHP) to determine if the person knows what he's doing ... -- Ard --- ## #8493 — Jan Lehnardt — 2004-03-12T12:45:14+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/8480#8493 · In reply to: #8492 Hi, > What about a little quiz (a couple of questions about > CVS or about PHP) to determine if the person knows what he's doing ... this was proposed several times already and probably agreed on, too. All it takes is a developer, who is _that_ annoyed to implement something like this. Everything is in CVS, send in patches, not enough karma is not a valid excuse :) Jan -- GPG Key: BB96 56B0 Q: Thank Jan? - A: http://geschenke.an.dasmoped.net/ --- ## #8495 — Ard Biesheuvel — 2004-03-12T13:58:22+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/8480#8495 · In reply to: #8493 Jan Lehnardt wrote: > this was proposed several times already and probably agreed on, too. > All it takes is a developer, who is _that_ annoyed to implement > something like this. > Everything is in CVS, send in patches, not enough karma is not a > valid excuse :) Have a look at this patch. Maybe it will work ... -- Ard --- ## #8498 — Georg Richter — 2004-03-12T16:48:41+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/8480#8498 · In reply to: #8480 > as a simple optimization, can we disallow requests with a single-word > reason from ever reaching the account request system? > Shouldn't we generally first give an cvs account after the person which requested this account sent a patch (patch != typo fix). According to Nuno Lopez's statistics (Zero commits: http://testes.aborla.net/ zero.html) we have a lot of accounts which never submitted a line of code (but according to google use a php.net mail address). Just my 2 cents... Georg --- ## #8500 — Adam Voigt — 2004-03-12T16:55:49+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/8480#8500 · In reply to: #8498 Speaking of which, if someone wants to drop my "adam@php.net" address, there welcome to, I never use it, and some spammer used it as the from address, so I'm getting like 200 bounced emails forwarded to my home account every day. > > […] > > Shouldn't we generally first give an cvs account after the person which > requested this account sent a patch (patch != typo fix). > > According to Nuno Lopez's statistics (Zero commits: http://testes.aborla.net/ > zero.html) we have a lot of accounts which never submitted a line of code > (but according to google use a php.net mail address). > > Just my 2 cents... > > Georg -- Adam Voigt adam@kotisprop.com --- ## #8499 — Rasmus Lerdorf — 2004-03-12T16:56:15+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/8480#8499 · In reply to: #8498 > > […] > > Shouldn't we generally first give an cvs account after the person which > requested this account sent a patch (patch != typo fix). > > According to Nuno Lopez's statistics (Zero commits: http://testes.aborla.net/ > zero.html) we have a lot of accounts which never submitted a line of code > (but according to google use a php.net mail address). It's not quite that simple. Just off the top I recognize a number of those accounts on that zero.html list as being folks who manage the user notes, for example. They would never have committed anything to CVS and in fact they for the most part don't have karma to commit anything, but for the sake of not having multiple user account systems we use the CVS user list to authenticate folks for notes management, bugs management, etc. About a year and a half ago I went through the CVS history and identified about 400 accounts as far as I remember that hadn't committed anything and had their account more than 2 years. I poked all of these people at their listed email addresses and ended up deleting about 200 accounts. It might be time to do another run -Rasmus