July 11, 2010
10:28 p.m.
I am aware of the situation with regard to issue reviews, but I think with IDLE there is more going on. In other parts of the Python codebase, a workaround for a major usability issue wouldn't normally have taken nearly three years to resolve after a working patch was submitted.
Oh sure it does. Just look at all the cross-compilation bug reports and patches that get submitted.
And a working, well-tested patch wouldn't normally have sat ignored for over two years. Well, perhaps these things happen occasionally, but with IDLE this is the norm.
Unfortunately, they happen more often than you think. Regards, Martin