SVN Modification Policy: Contact Author First

Changes requested to a TWikiExtension package can often be handled by posting a patch to the Dev topic for the package. For larger changes, the author has requested that you try to contact them first before checking in changes. Contact the author by adding a note to the appropriate dev topic, or by direct e-mail to the author. If the authors email address is not available contact a member of the TWikiAdminGroup and we can relay the message by email.

Please note that the purpose of the "contact author first" policy is to have a committed developer who maintains the extension. It is not meant to indicate exclusive check-in rights to the extension. TWiki is a collaborative project that is open to interested people who would like to contribute.

Since 2005 many Plugin authors rarely read the Dev topics so it is also adviced to report bugs and post patches on a bug item on Bugs:WebHome. Especially if the plugin author is one of the known core developers your chance of being seen and heard is larger if you post a bug report on the Bugs database. And if you later check in an update on Subversion you will need this bug report anyway on the checkin message.

If the author does not respond within a reasonable time (say 2 weeks), then post a note to the Dev topic indicating that you propose to check in changes, with a detailed description of the changes and preferably a patch. If there are no protests after a reasonable time (again 2 weeks), then you may check in. This seems like a long time to wait, but experience shows that authors are often out of contact for extended periods.

Note that you should always ensure you get the most recent version from Subversion and always run any tests provided with the package and ensure they pass before committing changes.

The following are listed as ContactAuthorFirst:

	Extension	Author
	AmbarSkin	TWiki:Main/RaviASV
	AntiWikiSpamPlugin	TWiki:Main.SvenDowideit - http:///www.WikiRing.com
	AnyWikiDrawPlugin	TWiki:Main.WernerRandelshofer
	AttachLinkPlugin	TWiki:Main.TimotheLitt
	AutoNavigationPlugin	v0.3 TWiki:Main.AndrewMoise
	AutolinkDDTSPlugin	TWiki:Main/JonathanCline
	BlogPlugin	TWiki:Main.MichaelDaum
	BreadCrumbsPlugin	TWiki:Main.MichaelDaum
	BugsContrib
	CacheContentPlugin	TWiki:Main.MeredithLesly
	ChartPlugin	TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny, TWiki:Main.TaitCyrus
	ChecklistPlugin	TWiki:Main.DanielRohde
	ChecklistTablePlugin	TWiki:Main.DanielRohde
	ClamScanPlugin	TWiki:Main.TimotheLitt
	ConfigPanelAddOn	TWiki:Main/RafaelAlvarez
	ControlsPlugin	TWiki:Main.ThomasWeigert
	CssZenGardenSkin
	DBIQueryPlugin	TWiki:Main.VadimBelman
	DatabaseContrib	TWiki:Main.ThomasWeigert
	DropDownMenuAddOn	TWiki:Main.AurelioAHeckert
	EditContrib	TWiki:Main/ThomasWeigert
	EditHiddenTablePlugin	TWiki:Main/ThomasWeigert
	EditInTablePlugin	TWiki:Main/RudiBierach
	EditSectionPlugin	TWiki:Main.ThomasWeigert
	EditTablerowPlugin	TWiki:Main/ThomasWeigert
	EncryptPlugin	TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny, Twiki, Inc., TWiki:Main.CraigMeyer
	EnhancedXpTrackerPlugin	TWiki:Main.SrikanthRevanuru
	ExcelImportExportPlugin	TWiki:Main.ThomasWeigert, based on code by TWiki:Main.ClausLanghans
	ExplicitNumberingPlugin	TWiki:Main.MartinVlach, TWiki:Main.ThomasWeigert (21 Nov 2006)
	FamFamFamContrib
	FirebugLitePlugin
	FlexWebListPlugin	TWiki:Main.MichaelDaum
	FormFieldsPlugin	TWiki:Main/JohnTalintyre
	FormMeta2ExcelAddOn	TWiki:Main/ClausLanghans
	FormQueryPlugin	TWiki:Main/CrawfordCurrie, TWiki:Main/ThomasWeigert
	FreeMindPlugin	TWiki:Main.JohnPoplett
	GenerateSearchPlugin	TWiki:Main/ThomasWeigert
	GitPlugin	Proposed and initially developed as class project for TWiki:Main/ThomasWeigert 's CS397 "Software Systems Development" at Missouri University of Science and Technology, Fall 2009 by Joshua Bohde, Afik Cohen, Peter Hoeft, Jeff Arneson, Jessica Egler, Kenneth Perry, Steven Wallace, and further enhanced by Yao Zhou and Brute Ma of UniqueSoft LLC.
	GoogleWeatherPlugin	TWiki:Main.TimotheLitt
	HTTPDUserAdminContrib
	HeadlinesPlugin	TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny, TWiki:Main.MichaelDaum
	HideInEditModePlugin	TWiki:Main/DonnyKurniawan, TWiki:Main/MeredithLesly
	HolidaylistPlugin	TWiki:Main.PeterJones, TWiki:Main.DanielRohde
	HtmlFormsPlugin	TWiki:Main.SvenDowideit
	ImagePlugin	TWiki:Main.CraigMeyer
	JQueryDevPlugin	TWiki:Main.StephaneLenclud
	KupuEditorAddOn	TWiki:Main.DamienMandrioli & TWiki:Main.RomainRaugi
	LDAPPasswordChangerPlugin	TWiki:Main.LuisCamposDeCarvalho
	MasonPlugin	TWiki:Main.GilmarSantosJr
	MessageBoardPlugin	TWiki:LuisCamposDeCarvalho
	MoveableTypeSkin	TWiki:Main.SvenDowideit - SvenDowideit@DistributedINFORMATIONPLEASENOSPAM.com DistributedINFORMATION - a WikiRing.com partner
	MultiEditPlugin	TWiki:Main/ThomasWeigert
	NatEditContrib	TWiki:Main/MichaelDaum
	OpenIDUserContrib	TWiki:Main.SvenDowideit - SvenDowideit@distributedINFORMATIONPLEASENOSPAM.com
	OpenIdRpContrib	TWiki:Main/IanKluft
	OpenIdUserContrib
	ParentRefactorAddOn	TWiki:Main.VictorHugoGermano
	PhotoarchivePlugin	TWiki:Main/MarkusKolb
	PluginCvsToolsAddOn
	PrintSkin	TWiki:Main/PeterThoeny
	ProgramsPlugin	TWiki:Main.AndreaSterbini
	PrologPlugin	TWiki:Main/AndreaSterbini
	ProtocolTlaPlugin	TWiki:Main/JonathanCline
	PublicCacheAddOn	TWiki:Main.ColasNahaboo
	RackPlannerPlugin	TWiki:Main.DanielRohde
	RedDotPlugin	TWiki:Main.MichaelDaum
	RenderListPlugin	TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
	ReservationPlugin	TWiki:Main.SrikanthRevanuru
	RolebasedRenderingPlugin
	SectionalEditPlugin	TWiki:Main.DanBoitnott
	SharedCode
	SignaturePlugin	TWiki:Main/ThomasWeigert
	SlashFilenamePlugin	TWiki:Main/JonathanCline
	SlideShowPlugin	TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
	SnazzyRoundedCornersContrib
	SoapClientPlugin	TWiki:Main/SvenDowideit - http://www.wikiring.com
	SpanishTWikiContrib
	SpreadSheetPlugin	TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
	TWikiUmlPlugin	TWiki:Main.CarlosManzanares
	TagCloudPlugin	TWiki:Main.MichaelDaum
	TalkContrib	TWiki:Main.SvenDowideit - SvenDowideit@DistributedINFORMATIONPLEASENOSPAM.com DistributedINFORMATION - a WikiRing.com partner
	TdbContrib	TWiki:Main/CrawfordCurrie http://c-dot.co.uk
	ThreadedDiscussionPlugin	TWiki:Main/ThomasWeigert
	ThumbnailPlugin	TWiki:Main.TimotheLitt
	TimeTablePlugin	TWiki:Main.DanielRohde
	TopicClassificationAddOn	TWiki:Main.LynnwoodBrown
	TracOnTWikiContrib
	TracQueryPlugin	TWiki:Main.ThomasWeigert
	UserInfoPlugin	TWiki:Main.MichaelDaum
	VarCachePlugin	TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
	WebFetchAddOn	TWiki:Main.IanKluft
	WikiwygContrib	TWiki:Main.SvenDowideit - SvenDowideit@wikiringPLEASENOSPAM.com - WikiRing.com
	WorkflowReportsContrib	TWiki:Main/PaulHoesli
	X509UserPlugin	TWiki:Main.TimotheLitt
	XpTrackerPlugin	TWiki:Main.RichardBennett, TWiki:Main.MartinWatt, Thomas Eschner, TWiki:Main.AnthonPang, TWiki:Main.AndreaBacchetta, TWiki:Main.RafaelAlvarez
	YetAnotherDBCacheContrib	TWiki:Main/CrawfordCurrie developed the original version of this contrib. Changes to functionality by TWiki:Main/ThomasWeigert.
	YetAnotherFormQueryPlugin	TWiki:Main/CrawfordCurrie, TWiki:Main/ThomasWeigert
	YetAnotherXpTrackerPlugin	TWiki:Main.RichardBennett, TWiki:Main.MartinWatt, TWiki:Main.ThomasWeigert

-- Contributors: CrawfordCurrie, MartinCleaver, PeterThoeny, ThomasWeigert - 05 Mar 2008

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