<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/27/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chad Whitacre</b> <<a href="mailto:chad@zetaweb.com">chad@zetaweb.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Brett,<br><br> > When you submit your patch, the tracker notifies a mailing list that<br> > most core Python developers subscribe to of the creation of your new<br> > patch.<br><br>Isn't "of the creation of your new patch" redundant? What else would it
<br>be notifying the list of?</blockquote><div><br>Yep, slightly. <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> > Your patch may languish for weeks or more before anyone volunteers a
<br> > response because of limited time on the part of Python developers.<br><br>I think this is less accurate. Patches languish because of limited time<br>*and* because newbies don't have any social capital w/in the Python
<br>community. New patch contributors are volunteers too, so they understand<br>that constraint. Their big problem is their outsider status, to which<br>the patch angels/5-for-1 system is an elegant solution. And that's what
<br>should be emphasized in this FAQ.</blockquote><div><br>But that makes us sound elitist.<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
In other words, I still prefer my wording. But since I'm a newbie with<br>little merit, I'll be content with whatever you decide. :)</blockquote><div><br>OK. =) <br></div><br>-Brett<br></div>