[python-committers] Proposing Mark Shannon to be a core developer

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Mon May 14 17:18:13 EDT 2018


On 05/14/2018 01:41 PM, Larry Hastings wrote:

> Dr. Mark Shannon contributed the "key sharing dictionary" to Python, writing both the PEP and the implementation.  This
> shipped in Python 3.3 and was listed as one of the top features of that release as according to the "What's New?" document.
>
> We've asked Mark in the past if he'd be interested in becoming a core developer--and he actually said no.  At the time
> he said he didn't like our antiquated workflow.  Now that we've switched to the git-based core dev workflow, this
> objection is gone, and he's now interested in accepting the commit bit and the responsibilities that it entails.

+1

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~Ethan~


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