[Python-Dev] Assigning issues

[Nick Coghlan]

Brett Cannon wrote:
> On Jan 30, 2008 8:49 AM, Jesus Cea <jcea at argo.es> wrote:
>> I just trying to open a new bug in bssdb module and assign it to me :-).
>> Seems I have no permissions to do that :-).
> 
> We have not worked out any policy on this, but I always assumed we
> would only assign issues to people with commit privileges. I quick
> check suggests that you don't have them, Jesus. We can give you the
> rights to modify issues and set the assignment, but I don't know if
> you should be able to be assigned a bug yet.
> 
> What do other people think?

Given that everyone is free to work on whichever issues are of interest 
to them (and post comments to the relevant tracker items), I've always 
seen the assignment field as a way to request that a specific committer 
either fix the problem themselves, or review a proposed solution and 
either suggest improvements or check it in.

I think you're right that there isn't really an official policy written 
down anywhere though - PEP 3 doesn't go into that kind of detail.

Cheers,
Nick.


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