By contrast, requiring a github account for reporting bugs also makes python an unwelcoming place for non-developers in general. Github is a developers' social network, "mere" users are much less likely to want to be part of it. Many will just silently abandon their bug report.
But you don’t need to be “part of it” in any meaningful way. One only needs to create an account, which could be quite anonymous, and even temporary. And is no harder, and probably easier, than creating an account on a Python-specific site. Also: cPython is a large, complex, and mature project. I don't think many non-developers can even identify a true bug, much less write a helpful big report. There are many other ways to be involved in and contribute to the Python community that don't require a gitHub (or any) account. I understand the issue here — I feel that way about businesses that use Facebook for their website. But in that case, I can’t even read it without a Facebook account. I don’t mind needing an account to contribute to a conversation. And while GitHub has become the dominant player in Open Source development— it has not (yet?) reached out to control much else. -CHB
Cheers, Baptiste
Victor
On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 11:46 AM Baptiste Carvello <devel2021@baptiste-carvello.net> wrote:
Hi,
Le 21/06/2021 à 04:20, Ezio Melotti a écrit :
This effort is being tracked at <https://github.com/psf/gh-migration/projects/1>: this board reflects the current status of the project. The PEPs (including PEP 588 -- GitHub Issues Migration Plan) haven't been updated yet and might contain outdated information, so please refer to the psf/gh-migration repo for the latest updates.
since 2019, I've been waiting for proposed solutions to PEP 588's first open issue ("A GitHub account should not be a requirement"). Now would be the time to think about it, but I see no such reflection mentioned in the repo.
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