-a dozen or so patches accepted you can apply for an account.
-<li>Occasionally, but rarely, someone may be given a git account sooner, but
-only if they're being supervised by another Mesa developer at the same
-organization and planning to work in a limited area of the code or on a
-separate branch.
-<li>To apply for an account, follow
-<a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/AccountRequests">these directions</a>.
-It's also appreciated if you briefly describe what you intend to do (work
-on a particular driver, add a new extension, etc.) in the bugzilla record.
+a dozen or so patches accepted, a maintainer may use their discretion to give
+you access to merge your own code.