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Thu Jul 13 20:29:16 CEST 2006 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-July/067369.html

On Thu, Jul 13, 2006, glyph at divmod.com wrote:
>
> I would like to propose, although I certainly don't have time to
> implement, a program by which Python-using projects could contribute
> buildslaves which would run their projects' tests with the latest
> Python trunk.  This would provide two useful incentives: Python code
> would gain a reputation as generally well-tested (since there is a
> direct incentive to write tests for your project: get notified when
> core python changes might break it), and the core developers would
> have instant feedback when a "small" change breaks more code than it
> was expected to.

There's been some recent discussion in the PSF wondering where it would
make sense to throw some money to remove grit in the wheels; do you think
this is a case where that would help?
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