On 26/04/2010 12:40, Scott Dial wrote:
On 4/26/2010 7:24 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
I think it is very much in the interest of Python to evolve our
processes in order to encourage more core-developers. Evolving means
experimenting *and* being willing to change. It is certainly less
*effort* to accept the status quo, but with several more committed and
enthusiastic (and good) core developers there is an awful lot (more) we
could achieve.
I certainly agree we should try to attract more good-willed and
competent contributors.
I also agree with Stephen that, in a project with a non-trivial amount
of complexity such as CPython, not having (tracker or commit) privileges
is not the real barrier to entry. You have to learn how the software
works, how its development works, who are the people working on it, etc.
I'd like to respond to Michael's comment about the "possibly hundreds of
modules in the standard library without a maintainer." My own experience
(issue5949) has been positive despite the lack of a dedicated
maintainer. When I had my own itch to scratch, nobody stopped me from
scratching it.. some people told me when I could scratch it and how
they'd like it scratched.. but I wasn't ignored or rejected despite the
lack of a maintainer. Thanks to RDM for giving my issue attention.
Right, but finding counterexamples is not at all hard...
Michael
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