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

[Rachel Sanders]

That sounds great. Would you be interested in an apprentice mentor? I
haven't done any python core dev work (yet) but I'm an engineer and I've
mentored plenty of interns before and enjoy it.

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
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