[python-committers] Proposing Petr Viktorin as a specialist core developer

[Brett Cannon]

Just to add my vote, I too typically pull in Petr whenever I get pulled
into an extension module import issue since he and Nick know that part of
import way better than I do. :)

On Fri, 13 Apr 2018 at 05:14 Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I'd like to propose Petr Viktorin as a specialist core developer,
> focusing on extension module imports.
>
> Petr was the primary designer & implementer for the accepted PEP 489
> multi-phase extension module initialisation PEP, and has continued to
> work on changes related to that while mentoring Marcel Plch in the
> development of PEP 547 (which will get extension modules to the point
> where they can even support execution with the -m switch).
>
> When an import system issue specifically related to extension modules
> gets brought to my attention, I'll typically add Petr to the nosy list
> to request his opinion.
>
> Regards,
> Nick.
>
> P.S. While bringing on another extension module import system
> maintainer is my primary motivation for nominating him, I'll also note
> that Petr's also long been my primary point of contact for advice on
> CPython integration into Fedora, RHEL, and CentOS (he's the current
> Python maintenance team lead at Red Hat), and he also has a lot of
> practical Python 2->3 porting experience (as a result of coordinating
> much of the migration effort for Fedora and RHEL, including leading
> the creation of
> https://portingguide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html )
>
> --
> Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia
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