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The first time a file is checked in using svn commit, you will be prompted for your username and password. This will then be cached for all further commits.
You should first commit a change adding yourself to the CREDITS file. If you want to do additional test commits, you can try something like adding a single newline to the end of an inoffensive file in a subdirectory, and removing it again; that should do the trickOne of your first commits can be to check the spelling of your name and add a wishlist to the CREDITS file.
The first time you commit something your commit message needs to be moderated through, so don't be surprised if it doesn't show up for awhile.
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The PMC chair then needs to follow the instructions at http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#SVNaccess to give the new committer r/w access to the SVN repositories.
Finally, add the Committer to the CREDITS file for SpamAssassin.
Given CPAN co-maint status
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