[Python-Dev] No response to posts (original) (raw)

Steven D'Aprano steve at pearwood.info
Tue Aug 3 02:16:29 CEST 2010

On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 04:27:53 am Terry Reedy wrote:

On 8/2/2010 12:54 PM, Brian Curtin wrote: > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:39, Ralf Schmitt <ralf at brainbot.com_ _> <mailto:ralf at brainbot.com>> wrote: > > Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org_ _> <mailto:benjamin at python.org>> > > writes: > > Please, let's stop messing with the tracker for everything. > > I think the current set up works reasonably well, and we > > should focus on the real problem: manpower

Two months ago, I discovered and reported that about 1/5 of open issues had no responses. Is that 'reasonably well'?

I don't know. What percentage of new issues get ever get a response? My wild guess is that it's probably about 99.9%, but the 0.1% that don't remain languishing forever, skewing the statistics. What's the average age of those 1 in 5 issues? Maybe 1 in 5 is exactly right, given the realities of people available to respond to issues versus people available to report issues. Maybe 1 in 5 is supernaturally good, given our resources available.

-- Steven D'Aprano

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