[core-workflow] bugs.python.org-related GSoC project

[Ezio Melotti]

Hi,
Since the PSF is looking for ideas and mentors for Google Summer of
Code, I was thinking about proposing and mentoring a project that aims
at further improving our bug tracker.

I'm writing to core-workflow in order to understand what features we
want and which ones have higher priority, so that I can put together a
coherent proposal.

There are currently two PEPs that are proposing changes to our infrastructure:
    * PEP 462 - Core development workflow automation for CPython
(https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0462/)
    * PEP 474 - Creating forge.python.org
(https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0474/)

These proposals will likely require changes to the bug tracker if we
want to have a solid integration with the new tools and they might
make for a good project, however it might still be too early to know
what we will actually need.

There are other changes that have been proposed in the past, in particular:
    * Some features previously discussed on this ML and summarized at
https://wiki.python.org/moin/TrackerDevelopmentPlanning
    * Some other miscellaneous features listed at
https://wiki.python.org/moin/DesiredTrackerFeatures
    * Better integration with Rietveld (e.g. add messages to roundup
when someone posts a review)
    * Smarter branch detection in patches (sometimes patches don't get
the review link)
    * Patch analysis (information such as affected files could be
extracted from the files and used by Roundup)
    * Reviewing and applying patches submitted on the meta-tracker
    * Fix other issues listed on the meta-tracker

These (or a subset of these) might also make for a good project,
albeit less focused.

After discussing with Nick on IRC about this, I also sent an email to
roundup-devel about another possible project to be developed by
Roundup under the umbrella of the PSF: adding a RESTful interface (see
http://issues.roundup-tracker.org/issue2550734).  This will also help
us with any future work might want to do to integrate our bug tracker
with other tools.

If you have any feedback let me know.

Best Regards,
Ezio Melotti