[Python-Dev] cpython: Issue #11750: The Windows API functions scattered in the _subprocess and (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Thu Apr 19 19:40:00 CEST 2012

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:

On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:21:00 -0700 Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang at gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 18:55, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe >> <tshepang at gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 17:51, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote: >>>> and I'm not sure we'd like to >>>> accept code from convicted fellons (though I'd consider that a gray >>>> area). >>> >>> This makes me curious... why would that be a problem at all (assuming >>> the felony is not related to the computing field)? >> >> Because the person might not be trustworthy, period. Or it might >> reflect badly upon Python's reputation. But yes, I could also see >> cases where we'd chose to trust the person anyway. This is why I said >> it's a gray area -- it can only be determined on a case-by-case basis. >> The most likely case might actually be someone like Aaron Swartz. > > Even if Aaron submits typo fixes for documentation :) > > I would think that being core developer would be the only thing that > would require trust. As for a random a contributor, their patches are > always reviewed by core developers before going in, so I don't see any > need for trust there. Identity is another matter of course, but no one > even checks if I'm the real Tshepang Lekhonkhobe.

I don't think you're a core contributor, right? Even if a core developer reviews the code, it requires a certain level of trust, especially for complex patches. I would say trust is gained through previous patches, not through personal knowledge of the contributor, though.

You don't have to have face-to-face meetings (I never may most Python contributors face-to-face until many years later, and some I've never met) but you do gain insight into their personality through the interaction around patches. To me, that counts just as much as the objective quality of their patches.

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