Hi all,
David Malcolm is the Fedora maintainer for the Python package and has written a gdb plugin to replace and dramatically improve our old Misc/gdbinit file using the new python scripting support in gdb-7. You can see it in action at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/EasierPythonDebugging#User_Experience. I'd like to get this into our repository asap, but he's also going to be improving it fairly quickly. So it'd be nice if he could commit his improvements directly.
Do you guys think we should give him commit access so he can make gdb and packaging-related changes?
Jeffrey
2010/2/20 Jeffrey Yasskin <jyasskin@gmail.com>:
Hi all,
David Malcolm is the Fedora maintainer for the Python package and has written a gdb plugin to replace and dramatically improve our old Misc/gdbinit file using the new python scripting support in gdb-7. You can see it in action at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/EasierPythonDebugging#User_Experience. I'd like to get this into our repository asap, but he's also going to be improving it fairly quickly. So it'd be nice if he could commit his improvements directly.
Do you guys think we should give him commit access so he can make gdb and packaging-related changes?
While I'm not opposed to this, perhaps the plugin should stabilize before it is added to the tree?
-- Regards, Benjamin
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> wrote:
2010/2/20 Jeffrey Yasskin <jyasskin@gmail.com>:
David Malcolm is the Fedora maintainer for the Python package and has written a gdb plugin to replace and dramatically improve our old Misc/gdbinit file using the new python scripting support in gdb-7. You can see it in action at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/EasierPythonDebugging#User_Experience. I'd like to get this into our repository asap, but he's also going to be improving it fairly quickly. So it'd be nice if he could commit his improvements directly.
Do you guys think we should give him commit access so he can make gdb and packaging-related changes?
While I'm not opposed to this, perhaps the plugin should stabilize before it is added to the tree?
Assuming it's new optional functionality that doesn't affect the core at all, I think we can let it in before it stabilizes.
-- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
Jeffrey> David Malcolm is the Fedora maintainer for the Python package
Jeffrey> and has written a gdb plugin to replace and dramatically
Jeffrey> improve our old Misc/gdbinit file using the new python
Jeffrey> scripting support in gdb-7....I'm fine with adding such a plugin as long is Misc/gdbinit isn't replaced. Not everyone runs gdb 7. Also, since it's support code and not part of Python proper adding such a plugin before it's nice and stable is no big deal. (Maybe it belongs in Tools/gdb, not Misc?)
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Do you guys think we should give him commit access so he can make gdb and packaging-related changes?
Ask him to submit patches and assign them to me, and I'll form an opinion. Also ask him to complain to you if I don't act on the patches in a reasonable amount of time.
Also, ask him to submit a contributor agreement.
Regards, Martin
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 6:44 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin@v.loewis.de> wrote:
Do you guys think we should give him commit access so he can make gdb and packaging-related changes?
Ask him to submit patches and assign them to me, and I'll form an opinion. Also ask him to complain to you if I don't act on the patches in a reasonable amount of time.
Also, ask him to submit a contributor agreement.
Thanks, will do.
On 20.02.2010 19:44, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
Do you guys think we should give him commit access so he can make gdb and packaging-related changes?
Ask him to submit patches and assign them to me, and I'll form an opinion. Also ask him to complain to you if I don't act on the patches in a reasonable amount of time.
having spoken to him at Pycon, I think it's a good idea to get him access. If I qualify to review packaging-related patches, I might be able to assist with patch review.
Matthias
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Jeffrey Yasskin <jyasskin@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
David Malcolm is the Fedora maintainer for the Python package and has written a gdb plugin to replace and dramatically improve our old Misc/gdbinit file using the new python scripting support in gdb-7. You can see it in action at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/EasierPythonDebugging#User_Experience. I'd like to get this into our repository asap, but he's also going to be improving it fairly quickly. So it'd be nice if he could commit his improvements directly.
Do you guys think we should give him commit access so he can make gdb and packaging-related changes?
+1
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Gregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org> wrote:
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Jeffrey Yasskin <jyasskin@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
David Malcolm is the Fedora maintainer for the Python package and has written a gdb plugin to replace and dramatically improve our old Misc/gdbinit file using the new python scripting support in gdb-7. You can see it in action at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/EasierPythonDebugging#User_Experience. I'd like to get this into our repository asap, but he's also going to be improving it fairly quickly. So it'd be nice if he could commit his improvements directly.
Do you guys think we should give him commit access so he can make gdb and packaging-related changes?
+1
I am also +1; but I don't see anything wrong with Martin's proposed path.
jesse
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