[Idle-dev] joining/contributing to idle development

[Terry Reedy]

On 3/11/2013 5:00 AM, Chandan Gupta wrote:
> Hello Idle development team,
>
> I would like to know how can I start contributing to Idle development ?

Look as some bits of the Python developer guide.
http://docs.python.org/devguide/index.html
start by ignoring the stuff about hg and cloning and focus on the stuff 
about the tracker.

Also go to bugs.python.org, get familiar a bit, register.
On the search page, selects Components: IDLE, hit return, and look at a 
few issues.

> is it free/open source development project ?

Yes.

> I was wondering about few features missing in IDLE and couldn't stop
> myself to mailing here.

You can see is there is already an issue for a feature you are 
interested in. Either scan the list of titles the above search returned 
(about 100) or go back and enter a keyword in addition to Components: 
idle. If you do not see an issue, try discussing here, but be patient.
-- 
Terry Jan Reedy