I'm resending this msg since it didn't seem to get through the 1st time (and we're experiencing some major hw&sw router problems lately) Vladimir Marangozov wrote:

Guido van Rossum wrote:

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Here at BeOpen we're scrambling to get the release schedule for the rest of Python 1.6 planned. We're now looking at releasing Python 1.6b1 (or maybe it's going to be called 1.6a3 after all) on June 30! This means that if SRE isn't ready, we'll go with an incomplete SRE. Still better than no SRE!

Please, PLEASE, if you have pending patches that you think should go into 1.6b1, submit them to SourceForge. We'll do our best to have a look at every patch submitted; but don't wait until the last moment.

So, to sum up (because I'm a bit lost after all this patch-related messages), what should I do to avoid at best adding to the collective burden :

1. Should I send patches to SF and be quiet until June 30 ?

2. Should I apply for privileges and spend <big time> installing an SSH client on my box (illegal in France ;), then make my Python way into the SF galaxy ?

3. If I volunteer for help with the patches backlog, what do I do ?

4. Other options presented to me ?

Context : I (will) have some patches lying around, there are some patches of mine on the pile sent to patches@python.org that I'm confident about, I have read the FAQ at SF which gave me 0 clues on how things are being set up there (only general info about who why and what for + terms of service), and I managed to create an account with a personal page containing two bookmarks in it (after being distracted with personal and project ratings + gobs of links to gobs of stuff).

-- Vladimir MARANGOZOV | Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr http://sirac.inrialpes.fr/~marangoz | tel:(+33-4)76615277 fax:76615252

-- Vladimir MARANGOZOV | Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr http://sirac.inrialpes.fr/~marangoz | tel:(+33-4)76615277 fax:76615252