<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 4:15 PM Nate Graham <<a href="mailto:nate@kde.org">nate@kde.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
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On 8/16/21 10:11 PM, Nicolás Alvarez wrote:<br>
> It's not that odd :) We as sysadmins don't know if you're actually<br>
> sponsoring them until you reply approving the request, since people<br>
> can request developer access and enter any name as the sponsor. That's<br>
> pretty much what the approval is for, to confirm you did encourage<br>
> them to apply.<br>
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Ah, fair enough.<br>
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> ...but you're right that this still means dev access requests are<br>
> approved by 1 person (the sponsor), and if you think that should<br>
> change, that's a valid discussion to have with the wider community.<br>
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Yeah I mean it would result in a bit more bureaucracy. If you think the <br>
current system is working well enough between sponsor confirmation and <br>
your own internal checks, I guess there's no reason to change.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>So far the requests we receive tend to fall into one of two groups fairly cleanly:</div><div><br></div><div>The first is composed of people who have a fairly extensive contribution history, usually resulting in the question being asked "why didn't this person apply for an account weeks ago?" :)</div><div> In many cases, their contribution record is sufficiently long that i'd be happy to grant them an account without a supporter.</div><div><br></div><div>The second group is made up of people who have usually misunderstood the process, and have applied for an account thinking they need one to use <a href="http://invent.kde.org">invent.kde.org</a>.</div><div>These are usually resolved by clarifying what a developer account is needed for and providing some pointers on how someone can get involved.</div><div><br></div><div>For those applications that do fall in the middle ground (not that we see many of these), additional inquiries are generally made of those the applicant has interacted with.<br></div><div><br></div><div>It should be noted that all applications are reviewed in detail by Sysadmin, with a sample of the applicant's activity being reviewed in addition to comments from the supporter and the application itself prior to an account being granted.<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Nate<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Ben<br></div></div></div>