On 8/27/06, Chad Whitacre <chad at zetaweb.com> wrote: > > Brett, > > > When you submit your patch, the tracker notifies a mailing list that > > most core Python developers subscribe to of the creation of your new > > patch. > > Isn't "of the creation of your new patch" redundant? What else would it > be notifying the list of? Yep, slightly. > Your patch may languish for weeks or more before anyone volunteers a > > response because of limited time on the part of Python developers. > > I think this is less accurate. Patches languish because of limited time > *and* because newbies don't have any social capital w/in the Python > community. New patch contributors are volunteers too, so they understand > that constraint. Their big problem is their outsider status, to which > the patch angels/5-for-1 system is an elegant solution. And that's what > should be emphasized in this FAQ. But that makes us sound elitist. In other words, I still prefer my wording. But since I'm a newbie with > little merit, I'll be content with whatever you decide. :) OK. =) -Brett -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/attachments/20060827/4ed0dd87/attachment.htm
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