Procedure for accepting new committer applications

Note

This document defines the procedure for accepting new SVN committer applications handled by the Zope Foundation committer committee (Christian Theune, Andreas Jung).

1. Check application form

   • Check readability of the scanned application form
   • If applicant and reference committer are (well)-known, proceed with procedure. Otherwise ask the reference committer about the applicant. Note that the reference committer must be an active committer.

2. Choose a new username for the new committer (full firstname + lastname of the committer separated with dots) e.g.:

   • andreas.jung
   • christian.theune

   Accented or special characters should be replaced with their ASCII representation.

3. Create a new account through the zope.org user management site https://svn.zope.org/manage-profile . The new committer will receive an email automatically upon registration containing a password reset link giving him/her the option to choose a new password. Reminder: use Domain: svn.zope.org for login into the user management site.

4. Create SVN account for new committer:

   $ ssh svn.zope.org
   $ sudo /usr/sbin/newsvnuser <zopeorg-name> <Firstname> <...> <Lastname>

5. Send notification mail to:

   • applicant (TO:)
   • reference committer (CC:)
   • foundation-info@zope.org list (CC:)

   containing:

   Subject: Your zope.org SVN account was approved
   
   Dear <<<NAME>>>,
   
   on behalf of the Zope foundation I'm happy to tell you that your Zope
   Contributor Agreement was received and approved. <<<REFERENCE>>> was
   given as the reference committer.
   
   Using your new zope.org user account <<<USERACCOUNT >>>,
   you are now able to check in code into svn.zope.org.
   
   One last step, though: you need to deposit your SSH public key(s) as
   described:
   http://docs.zope.org/developer/becoming-a-committer.html
   
   Best regards,
   <<<SENDER>>>