"Guido" == Guido van Rossum
writes:
Guido> This sounds like a useful idea. It should also check for Guido> the disclaimer text and send an appropriate apply if a Guido> patch is found without a disclaimer. Guido> Of course, the replybot would need to be smart enough to Guido> find things like patches hiding in BASE64-encoded Guido> attachments... Guido> On the other hand, perhaps it would be better to deal with Guido> patches the same way as with bug reports -- the Jitterbug Guido> database isn't perfect, but it makes it possible to check Guido> regularly whether something has been dealt with or not, Guido> much better than a simple mailing list. (There are already Guido> lieutenants scanning the bugs traffic, so that part doesn't Guido> change.) Maybe then just use Jitterbug to collate patches. That's what a lot of my JPython users do. -Barry