Martin v. Löwis wrote: >> Initially (five years ago!) I tried to overcome these issues by >> improving IDLE, solving problems and adding a few key features. >> Without going into details, suffice to say that IDLE hasn't improved >> much since 2005 despite my efforts. For example, see >> http://bugs.python.org/issue1529142, where it took nearly 3 years to >> fix a major issue from the moment I posted the first workaround. For >> another example, see http://bugs.python.org/issue3068, where I posted >> a patch for an extension configuration dialog over two years ago, and >> it hasn't received as much as a sneeze in response. > > I can understand that this is frustrating, ...
I am not writing this to vent my frustration, and have purposely avoided making that the issue. > ... but please understand that > this is not specific to your patches, or to IDLE. Many other patches on > bugs.python.org remain unreviewed for many years. That's because many of > the issues are really tricky, and there are very few people who both > have the time and the expertise to evaluate them. I am aware of the situation with regard to issue reviews, but I think with IDLE there is more going on. In other parts of the Python codebase, a workaround for a major usability issue wouldn't normally have taken nearly three years to resolve after a working patch was submitted. And a working, well-tested patch wouldn't normally have sat ignored for over two years. Well, perhaps these things happen occasionally, but with IDLE this is the norm. > FWIW, I don't consider a few months as a "long" time for a patch review. > At the moment, I'm personally able to perhaps review one issue per week > (sometimes less); at this rate, it'll take several years until I get > to everything. I'm not talking about a few months, I'm talking about at least six months in most cases, years in many cases, as in the examples I mentioned. - Tal Einat _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
