[Python-Dev] A dizzying stream of checkins

[Jeremy Hylton]

>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

  GvR> Zope Corp uses a superior post-commit action script that seems
  GvR> to be able to send email to different lists depending to the
  GvR> tag; maybe we can add that feature to our commit script?

I think Ken wrote it, and it is very easy to configure.  I've never
been able to figure out how the checkin -> email process works in much
detail, but the traffic_table.py script does what I want without
making me understand the details.

We could certainly split python-checkins into many lists:

all-python-checkins: everything 
python-checkins: checkins on the trunk
python-maint-checkins: checkins on maintenance branchs
python-other-checkins: everything else

This means that all-python-checkins == (python-checkins +
python-maint-checkins + python-other-checkins).

Perhaps there should be a separate doc checkin list, but I might be
happy leaving them in with the rest of the checkins.

Then we could add some specific rules for little corners of the CVS
tree.  Like nondist/sandbox/ast could be sent to the compiler-sig.

Jeremy