I was impressed by the good ideas put forward, however, some what not full solutions. My position: I have free time now and I want to contribute to open source/freeware. But I don’t have great software in depth experience, however, I’m willing to learn. I was think of contributing to Python but I can't seem to see exactly where I can contribute, except for the obvious place: docs. I have persevered reading the bug list, emails and I find this helpful after discovering https://cpython-core-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/where_should_i_start.html Where I will see if I can progress, but I don’t have great hopes.
What I see is that CPython is written at the highest level of software development, and found my own experience is difficult to get started, because the bar is so high. It seems that you are having difficulty recruiting enough/good developers? So if you are honest about wanting to get new people to help then you need make an investment to make it happen. My suggestion: create the developers by creating group(s) of mentors from across the whole team and actively train newcomers under a formal plan. The format/program of course must suit the mentors and mentee. This will mean less time for contributing to Python development but it will provide for a steady stream of people to add to the team, possibly saving time later on, or adding further content. Regards, Mike McLeod _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/RZ3G2DCO3J4LLX6N2GECF3ZPFKQVLAP5/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
