[python-committers] Requirements to get the "bug triage" permission?

[Terry Reedy]

On 12/6/2017 1:45 PM, Ned Deily wrote:
> On Dec 6, 2017, at 12:45, Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Depends on what you exactly mean with "award".
>> Contributors might want to be able to edit more fields on the tracker,
>> and the triage bit allows them to do it.  This is beneficial for both
>> the contributor and the other triagers, since they have one more
>> helping hand.  If the contributor knows what they are doing and they
>> are helpful, we can "award" them with the triager bit, but this award
>> shouldn't be given for unrelated accomplishments.
>> Becoming a triager is a step to becoming a committer: we bestow them
>> with some responsibility and trust, and if they do well, we can give
>> them even more with the committer bit.
> 
> In general, I agree with David's and Ezio's comments, in particular the idea that "bug triage" should not be an "award" nor a necessary first step towards being a committer.  I think the skills necessary to be a good bug triager are not the same as being a good core developer.  While the skill sets and experience level needed can overlap, I think we should consider the two roles as separate "career paths".  In other words, some people would do a fine job as triager without wanting to be a core developer or contributing their own code patches, and that's fine.

I agree.  Database maintenance is a separate skill and interest from the 
3 skills of patch writing, reviewing, and merging.  Committers need to 
be able to maintain and ultimately close the issues they work on, but 
need not engage in general tracker gardening.

tjr