On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote: > On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:59:14 -0400 > Glyph Lefkowitz <glyph at twistedmatrix.com> wrote: >> >> Guido proposes to give someone interested in IDLE commit access, and hopefully that will help in > this particular area. But, as I recall, at the last language summit there was quite a bit of >> discussion about how to address the broader issue of patches falling into a black hole. Is >> anybody working on it? > > I think the best way to "work on it" is to work on having more core > developers, possibly with a more diverse range of interests. > >> (This seems to me like an area where a judicious application of PSF funds might help; if every >> single bug were actively triaged and responded to, even if it weren't reviewed, and patch >> contributors were directed to take specific steps to elicit a response or a review, the fact that >> patch reviews take a while might not be so bad.) > > The operative word being "judicious". It is not obvious who should get > funded, and for what tasks. > Some specific issues (like email in 3.x) are large enough that they can > be the sole focus of a fund grant. But I'm not sure triaging can apply. I'm mulling over starting a monthly triage sprint under the auspices of Jesse Noeller's PSF sponsored sprints in the hopes of making this a little more fun. I'd appreciate comments on the idea. Geremy Condra
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