[Python-Dev] A dizzying stream of checkins (original) (raw)

Jeremy Hylton jeremy@zope.com
Mon, 8 Apr 2002 16:50:48 -0400

"GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

GvR> Zope Corp uses a superior post-commit action script that seems GvR> to be able to send email to different lists depending to the GvR> tag; maybe we can add that feature to our commit script?

I think Ken wrote it, and it is very easy to configure. I've never been able to figure out how the checkin -> email process works in much detail, but the traffic_table.py script does what I want without making me understand the details.

We could certainly split python-checkins into many lists:

all-python-checkins: everything python-checkins: checkins on the trunk python-maint-checkins: checkins on maintenance branchs python-other-checkins: everything else

This means that all-python-checkins == (python-checkins + python-maint-checkins + python-other-checkins).

Perhaps there should be a separate doc checkin list, but I might be happy leaving them in with the rest of the checkins.

Then we could add some specific rules for little corners of the CVS tree. Like nondist/sandbox/ast could be sent to the compiler-sig.

Jeremy