We're not allowing general write access to the tree. Since we're all a bunch of strangers who all just started working together earlier this year (other than a small core group who've been together somewhat longer) we've taken a conservative approach to handing out
cvs commit access.
We let folks who have signed up to port a package have commit access to that part of the tree. In this way they have some control over their assigned piece of the project.
Since OpenACS 4 isn't released yet, we're still taking an informal approach to bug fixes. We haven't even made a release yet, after all!
Despite this, packages marked as "PORTED" should have problems
reported in the SDM.
Hmmm...package owners should sign up for e-mail alerts if they haven't already. That includes me, doesn't it? :)
On the other hand, the CMS hasn't been marked as "PORTED" yet, so we know it is still unfinished/broken. There's not much point in reporting porting problems to the SDM. Posting such problems here is OK but clutters the bboard with stuff that most folks won't be interested in.
Privately e-mailing the developer is probably the best thing to do. Roberto Mello and Dan Wickstrom are porting the CMS package (check the status sheet reachable from https://openacs.org/) so just e-mail them with your changes in the future.
