Re: VCS Account Request: ayesh

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. Christoph