[Python-Dev] devguide: Add an intermediate task of helping triage issues (not to be confused with the (original) (raw)

Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Mon Jan 10 00🔞12 CET 2011

On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 00:26, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:

Am 08.01.2011 23:22, schrieb Antoine Pitrou:

On Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:05:06 +0100 brett.cannon <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:

+For bugs, an issue needs to: + +* Clearly explain the bug so it can be reproduced +* All relevant platform details are included +* What version(s) of Python are affected by the bug are fully known +* Is there a proper unit test that can reproduce the bug? + +These are things anyone can help with.

FWIW, I'm really not fond of handing out triage tasks to beginners. First because the claim that it doesn't require any specific knowledge is wrong (in the case of Python, because it is a highly technical product; it might be right for office suites, who knows). Second because a newbie triager gets to interact with other newbies who might be very confused if they are given misleading comments or asked misleading (or completely irrelevant) questions. +1.  Remember, this is not a purely hypothetical statement.

OK, so the sentence is poorly phrased, but in the list of tasks it is labeled explicitly as intermediate when one is comfortable with the process, not a newbie. Does that alleviate the worry you both have?

-Brett

Things may be different when the person in question has been a long-time community member, or has specific expertise, and is therefore able to communicate meaningful advice. But for true beginners, I think it would be much better to let them write a patch or a doc fix. Yep. Georg

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