[python-committers] Votes on new core dev candidates

[Giampaolo Rodola']

On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 4:20 PM Steve Dower <steve.dower at python.org> wrote:
>
> On 25Mar2019 0217, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> > I must say, I'm a bit surprised by the discussion around the voting
> > process and the candidates.
> >
> > First, we've been complaining about lack of core devs for a long
> > time. Now we have two great candidates with proven track record of
> > contributing to Python and people complain again. As a small group,
> > we need to attract more capable people and such push back
> > is not a very productive way of doing so.
>
> To be clear, my pushback (on Discourse, since I can only send email from
> an actual laptop these days but can participate over there from my
> phone) has been against vague nominations, not the individuals themselves.
>
> I'm *very* concerned about the perception of commit rights being
> "awarded" rather than being a added responsibility specific to CPython.
> Nominees should be willing to take on extra responsibility, and
> nominators should be making clear that the nominee is at least somewhat
> proven to be ready for it. Nominations for being a good contributor to
> other projects makes no sense, and nominations without a specific role
> or focus area are also vague enough that I don't see it leading to
> longer standing commitment.

Agreed. The fact that what we do here is voluntary work implies that
the primary factor at play is supposed to be passion more than
recognition. That's why giving the commit bit as an incentive to
attract more workforce is not gonna fly IMO. Not that seeking for
recognition is bad per se, but there's already a tool for that and
which applies to anyone: authoring the contribution (either in
Misc/NEWS or whatsnew). If somebody is passionate to invest his/her
time long enough and with enough competence the step to becoming a
core-dev should be somewhat obvious and happen naturally.

(this is in no way related to the current nominations per se - it's a
general take/note)

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Giampaolo - http://grodola.blogspot.com