[Python-3000] New to Python-dev (was Re: [Python-Dev] 2.6 and 3.0 project management)

[Benjamin Peterson]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 2:48 AM, Anand Balachandran Pillai <
abpillai at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi py3k,
>
>     First of all, excuse me for taking your time. I am new to the list
> so, not familiar with the processes specific to the list, if any.



>
>
>     I am new to the list (joined a week back) but not new to Python having
> coded in it for a fair bit of time and contributed open source code in
> Python,
> but not yet to the Python project.

Welcome

>
>
>    I have been reading the py3k archives and some recent mails. I
> would like to help out in some way. I am familiar with the Python
> development process and has read most of the PEPs related to
> Py3k. Perhaps there are some bugs to fix, some documentation to
> be done, testing ... ?
>
>    Excuse me if I sound naive, but I am not sure where to start.
> I checked out py3k branch, built it and have it running on my Fedora box.
> Is there a URL showing a list of tasks to start with so I can start on
> something ?

Have you read all the information at http://python.org/dev/?
Have you looked at the bug tracker, http://bugs.python.org?

>
>
> Did not want to start a new thread for my post, so replying to a thread
> which seemed relevant.

It would have been fine to start a new thread as I just did. It helps keep
the conversation organized.

>
>
> Thanks a lot for your patience.
>
> Best Regards
>
> --Anand
>
> http://harvestmanontheweb.com
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 5:18 AM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
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> > On Mar 16, 2008, at 5:02 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote:
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> >  >> How about using the "critical" Severity for show stoppers?
> >  >
> >  > Alternatively, Priority "immediate" could be used.
> >  >
> >  > The intended use of Severity is that it is assigned by the
> >  > submitter, whereas Priority is assigned by triage/developers.
> >  >
> >  > We should really decide whether we want to use it that way.
> >
> >  That would certainly work for me.  Could we add some description of
> >  this separation to the Roundup pages?  And/or is there a way that only
> >  developers or the triage specialists are allowed to change the
> priority?
> >
> >
> >  - -Barry
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