[Python-Dev] 1324 bugs in the tracker (original) (raw)

Christian Heimes lists at cheimes.de
Fri Nov 23 15:27:59 CET 2007

Dear fellow Python developers!

The Python bug tracker contains more than 1,300 bugs and it's growing. And growing ... and growing. I'm picking a bug once in a while or tossing some invalid bugs away but it's a helpless cause. The bugs are augmenting with anybody stopping them.

Well, I'm exaggerating a bit but you probably get my point. The core developers can't keep up with new bugs and check old bugs at the same time. The resources are already stretched thin. But Brett gave me an idea how we could solve the problem when he posted the link to http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/contributing/#ticket-triage.

What do you think about inviting some trustworthy and experienced Python users to join the cause? They don't need to solve every problem and they won't need developer access to the svn. Instead their task is cleaning up the tracker, categorizing bugs and checking patches. The tracker sure contains a lot of outdated junk and already fixed bugs.

A group of five to ten highly motivated people could squall through the tracker smashing all those ugly bugs like the infantry in Starship Troopers - but hopefully with less loss on our side. :]

Christian

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