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

Michael Foord fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk
Mon Jan 10 20:26:55 CET 2011

On 10/01/2011 19:05, Brett Cannon wrote:

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:24, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net_ _<mailto:solipsis at pitrou.net>> wrote: On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 15🔞12 -0800 Brett Cannon <brett at python.org <mailto:brett at python.org>> wrote: > > 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? It does seem to alleviate it :) Sorry for not noticing! However, could the following be removed from the list: “Is there a proper unit test that can reproduce the bug?” We don't need or require unit tests to reproduce bugs; and besides, some things simply are very difficult to write an unit test for. A reporter need not be an experienced Python developer able (or willing) to write an elaborate unit test reproducing, for example, a timing issue involving Unix signals and the IO stack ;) Fair enough. I will remove it.

Well, often a test that exposes the issue can be written - and if so it is a useful exercise (surely).

Michael

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