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title: Results of the Core development merger applications in 2020
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description: People have applied, and have been selected. Welcome some old and new people for help shaping TYPO3 Core.
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# Results of the Core development merger applications in 2020

- [Developer & Technology](https://news.typo3.com/article/category/developer-technology)

Results of the Core development merger applications in 2020
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06 April 2020

People have applied, and have been selected. Welcome some old and new people for help shaping TYPO3 Core.

- ![](https://news.typo3.com/typo3temp/assets/t3g/blog/gravatar/860e9e538aa963a3600a2488dff48070.jpeg)[Benni Mack](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/benni-mack)

Every year, we're heading for a new round of people responsible for merging code into TYPO3 Core's code basis.

Today, I’m proud to announce the people behind future Core development:

Component Mergers
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Component mergers have a clear vision for one specific topic, and merge proposed changes that touch their area:

| Component | Responsible person |
|---|---|
| Extbase & Plugin API | Alexander Schnitzler |
| CLI Integration | Helmut Hummel |
| Fluid + Performance/Caching | Claus Due |
| Persistence & Database | Manuel Selbach |
| Issue Reporting & Triage | Riccardo De Contardi |
| SEO | Richard Haeser |
| Dashboard | Richard Haeser |
| Tests & Testing Framework | Anja Leichsenring |
| Content Import & Export API | Tobi Kretschmann |
| Documentation | Daniel Siepmann |

Framework Mergers
-----------------

Framework mergers will be reviewing and merging your proposed changes to the core, if they fit our coding standards and common API development - they tackle all the other parts of Core that aren't exactly fitting into a specific area or component:

- Andreas Fernandez
- Benjamin Franzke
- Christian Eßl
- Daniel Goerz
- Frank Nägler
- Georg Ringer
- Helmut Hummel

Read more about our core development structure [here](https://news.typo3.com/article/innovation-excellence-and-community-spirit-at-the-typo3-awards).

The TYPO3 Product Team, consisting of Susanne Moog, Oliver Hader and Tymoteusz Motylewski, and myself are happy to continue with people who re-applied and who joined our group the first time - building a better TYPO3 experience for everybody in the future.

At this point I would like to thank Arno Schoon, Daniel Sattler, Josef Glatz and Ralf Zimmermann for their efforts in the last 12 months.

Happy coding, reviewing and merging!

FYI: For those who want to take on responsibility: The next merger application phase will start March 2021. Until then, keep handing patches, [join initiatives](https://news.typo3.com/de/artikel/juni-2025-developer-appreciation-day-dad) and support us by getting our review and issue queue down.

![](https://news.typo3.com/typo3temp/assets/t3g/blog/gravatar/d2f68d86720b93361f6910922465f559.jpeg)

About the Author

[Benni Mack](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/benni-mack)

CTO at b13,Stuttgart, Germany

[Website](https://b13.com/)[Twitter](https://twitter.com/bennimack)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminmack/)

Being the CTO at b13 GmbH, Benni is the TYPO3 Core Project Lead and one of the driving forces behind the TYPO3 community in the last years.

[More posts by this author](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/benni-mack)