[Python-Dev] Python sprint mechanics (original) (raw)

Raymond Hettinger rhettinger at ewtllc.com
Mon May 8 23:29:22 CEST 2006

Tim Peters wrote:

[Tim Peters, on giving commit privs to a sprinter after extracting a signed PSF contributor form]

The more realistically ;-) I try to picture the suggested alternatives, the more sensible this one sounds. ...

[Martin v. Löwis] I completely agree. Just make sure you master the mechanics of adding committers. Part of the mechanics also involves getting the users set-up on their own machines. For me, it was a complete PITA because of the Tortoise/Putty/Pageant/SSH2 dance and then trying to get Python to compile with the only compiler I had (MSVC++6). The advantage of a separate sprint repository is that we can essentially leave it unsecured and make it easy for everyone to freely checkin / checkout and experiment.

For the Iceland sprint and bug days, we need a procedure that is minimizes the time lost for getting everyone set. For bug days, it is especially critical because a half-day lost may eat-up most of the time available for contributing. For the Iceland sprint, it is important because this is just one of many set-up tasks (others include downloading and compiling psyco, pypy, etc).

Raymond

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