[Python-Dev] Goodbye (original) (raw)

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Fri Sep 24 07:41:14 CEST 2010

"Martin v. Löwis" writes:

I didn't say the field does not matter. I said adjusting it doesn't advance the issue. Anybody really working on the issue might choose to update it, or might choose to leave it incorrect when the issue is going to be closed, anyway.

Yes, and we'd all like more people to do more "real" work. But not everybody has the time or skills. I think this is a case where "agreeing to disagree" is the best we can do.

Specifically, Terry has made a strong case that "a few minutes per issue" can improve the tracker in ways that are noticable to some of the developers (and some of them have acknowledged that). It would be nice if the "tracker trimmers"[1] could assemble 60 of those into a few hours, and do some "real work", but that's often just not possible (especially for people with minimal programming expertise as yet).

Footnotes: [1] Trawlers take fish out of the ocean: not really the best metaphor. Gardening is a better metaphor.

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