Pre-requisites
We do request that applicants have submitted a reasonable number of patches to an existing maintainer, or bugzilla reports before they request direct commit access.
Translators should be sure to read TranslationProject/RequestingAnAccount as well, in addition to the instructions below.
Requesting
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Please ensure the form contains:
- Your full name
- Permanent email address
Requested account name. Please note - no nicknames - see AccountNameFAQ for details about account name requirements.
- Explanation why you think you should get an account
The public part of a passphrase protected SSH version 2 key pair. Note: We require RSA (2048 bits or more). Use ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048. The form will not allow you to add too short/invalid keys.
See Information on how to generate a suitable SSH key pair. Please attach the 'id_rsa.pub' file from your ~/.ssh directory to the form. You may register several keys for your account, but only enough to be considered reasonable personal use (e.g. one for work, one for home, one for laptop etc).
People who wish to obtain an account should fill in the form at: https://mango.gnome.org/new_account.php.
Translators: If and only if your language team is missing from the list box at the Mango page above, you will not be able to use the Mango page. You may then as an alternative send an e-mail with your account application, and all the required details, to accounts@gnome.org. However, the Mango way is preferred, so if your language team is listed, you should use the Mango method, instead of sending an e-mail.
See also Requesting Accounts (the predecessor to this page, which is still relevant atm).
Handling
Requests for changes to accounts should be sent to <accounts@gnome.org>. The <accounts@gnome.org> address now goes to the RequestTracker, and requests are handled by the AccountsTeam. Please allow at least 2 weeks for your request to be processed, although it might take as long as 4 depending on how busy the accounts team gets.
To see the current status of your ticket (not for new accounts!) please lookup your ticket number on the following page: http://www.gnome.org/rt3-stats/accounts.html
The future
We are tentatively considering disabling accounts we find that haven't been used for 2 years. We should probably write up a brief policy note here somewhere. -- RossGolder
