[Python-Dev] Encouraging developers (original) (raw)

Jason Orendorff jason.orendorff at gmail.com
Tue Mar 6 20:02:12 CET 2007

On 3/5/07, A.M. Kuchling <amk at amk.ca> wrote:

Any ideas for fixing this problem?

The current developer FAQ says:

2.4 How can I become a developer? There's only one way to become a developer, and that's through the School of Hard Knocks. http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-September/028725.html

That's a little glib. And maybe inaccurate. That message (by Raymond Hettinger and probably not originally intended to be the first thing developers-aspirant see) seems at odds with Martin's characterization, in this thread, of Raymond's own experience.

I would submit a doc patch, but what's the use. ;)

I should be explicit-- I greatly admire the python-dev community and its processes. I don't get the feeling much happens in private e-mail. Quite the opposite: it feels like important decisions are regularly made on python-dev. I don't think it's hard to contribute. I don't think the stdlib is a huge mess of brokenness. And I don't think the community is either.

-j

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