On 21/08/2012 06:34, martin@v.loewis.de wrote:

Zitat von "Juancarlo Añez (Apalala)" :

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It seems that Jython is under the Python Foundation, but I can't find a roadmap, a plan, or instructions about how to contribute to it reaching 2.7 and 3.3.

Are there any pages that describe the process?

Hi Juanca,

These questions are best asked on the jython-dev mailing list, see

Hi Juancarlo: I'm cross-posting this for you on jython-dev as Martin is right. Let's continue there. Jython does need new helpers and I agree it isn't very easy to get started. And we could do with a published roadmap. I began by fixing a few bugs (about a year ago now), as that seemed to be the suggestion on-line and patches can be offered unilaterally. (After a bit of nagging) some of these got reviewed and I'd won my spurs. I found the main difficulty to be understanding the source, or rather the architecture: there is too little documentation and some of what you can find is out of date (svn?). A lot of basic stuff is still a complete mystery to me. As I've discovered things I've put them on the Jython Wiki ( http://wiki.python.org/jython/JythonDeveloperGuide ) in the hope of speeding others' entry, including up-to-date description of how to get the code to build in Eclipse. One place to look, that may not occur to you immediately, is Frank Wierzbicki's blog ( http://fwierzbicki.blogspot.co.uk/ ). Frank is the project manager for Jython, an author of the Jython book, and has worked like a Trojan (the good kind, not the horse) over the last 6 months. Although Frank has shared inklings of a roadmap, it must be difficult to put dates to things that depend on a small pool of volunteers working in their spare time -- especially perfectionist volunteers who write more Javadoc than actual code, then delete it all because they've had a better idea :-). Direction of travel is easier: 2.5.3 is out, we're trying to get to 2.7b, but with an eye on 3.3. I haven't seen anything systematic on what's still to do, who's doing it, and where the gaps are, which is probably what you're looking for. ... Frank? Jeff Allen