On 10/6/2014 1:02 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
On 6 October 2014 07:22, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
On 10/5/2014 3:39 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
I responded on the issue, and will say more privately.
I wrote him and tried to communicate three ideas.
- Closing issues and responding to new messages, while important, are subsidiary to the primary goal of improving Python.
- We would prefer more quality and less quantity.
- We each set our priorites; he should not try to do so for us.
Thanks Terry.
I know Mark is particularly concerned about the "open issues" tally and constantly seeks ways to bring that down.
I think I can suggest some better ways.
Scattergun pinging of open issues is one of the easiest, but also one of the ones with a high hidden cost in annoying people - for developers, it may mean getting dozens of email notifications, for issue submitters, it may lead to anticipation of action, only to be disappointed when it's just a ping asking for a status update.
Since all aspects of this annoyance were not completely obvious to me, I am sure they are not to him. With the discussion here, I understand much better and will try to explain to him.
Terry