[Guido van Rossum] > > > That would be great. Do you have a SF userid yet? Then we can give > > > you commit privs! > > > > bcannon is my username. I was going to wait to ask for commit privs > > until I had done more patches <snip> > OK, you're on. > Cool! Thanks, Guido! No more recv() resets from SF! Woohoo! > > I could. Going to have to learn more LaTeX (and the special > > extensions). So I can take this on, but I can't make any promises > > on when this will get done (I would be personally horrified if I > > can't get this done before 2.3 final gets out the door, but you > > never know). > > With LaTeX, the monkey-see-monkey-do approach works pretty well, > combined with the Fred-will-fix-my-LaTeX-bugs approach. :-) > =) Works for me. > > Should there be a testing SIG? Could keep a list of tests that > > could stand to be rewritten or added (I know I was surprised to > > discover test_urllib was so lacking). Could also start by hashing > > out these docs and making sure regrtest and test_support stay > > updated and relevant. > > I don't know about a SIG. Testing of what's in the core is fair game > for python-dev. 3rd party testing, ask around. > OK, no SIG then. > > Personally, I think writing regression tests is a good way to get > > new people to help with Python. They are simple to write and allows > > someone to be able to get involved beyond just filing a bug. I know > > it was a thrill for me the first time I got code checked in and > > maybe making the entry point easier by trying to get more people to > > write more regression tests for the libraries will help give someone > > else that rush and thus become more involved. > > > > Or maybe I am just bonkers. =) > > Writing a good regression test requires excellent knowledge about the > code you're testing while not touching it, so that's indeed a good way > to learn. > One of these days I am going to put together an "Intro to python-dev" page that discusses the basic etiquette on the list and how to slowly get more and more involved. But it looks like I have some LaTeX docs to write first. -Brett
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