[Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library (original) (raw)

Stefan Krah stefan at bytereef.org
Mon Jul 12 11:31:51 CEST 2010

Jesse Noller <jnoller at gmail.com> wrote:

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 8:22 PM, geremy condra <debatem1 at gmail.com> wrote: >>> (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.

[responding to Geremy]

I'm with Georg on this. If triaging needs a monetary incentive because it is tedious work, so does committing. A lot of the abandoned issues aren't very glamorous either.

Also, from the work that Mark Lawrence has been doing on the tracker in the past few weeks, it's apparent that a dedicated person can achieve a lot without pay.

Due to his tracker reshuffling, many issues got closed, several bug reporters responded after years, etc. Thanks, Mark!

Stefan Krah

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