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

geremy condra debatem1 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 12 12:37:05 CEST 2010

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:31 AM, Stefan Krah <stefan at bytereef.org> wrote:

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.

I'm not sure what you mean by "monetary incentive". I was considering handing a t-shirt or beer token to the most productive sprinters, but that's about the limit of it, and I suspect that would come out of my pocket.

I'd also emphasize that I am exactly as far as I stated on this: I'm mulling it over and asking for feedback. If it turns out that there are other things that python-dev feels are more necessary but similarly unglamorous, then I'll think about doing that instead.

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.

Indeed, although I'm again unsure what pay has to do with this.

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

+1

Geremy Condra

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