[Python-Dev] How do I get commit access?

Chris Withers chris at simplistix.co.uk
Fri Feb 27 10:40:17 CET 2009


Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> 
> Being proactive with that package probably means submitting
> patches and waiting.  When there are active module maintainers,
> other contributors (including committers) generally refrain from 
> committing semantic changes and defer to the package owner
> (effbot for ElementTree, Barry for email, Ippolito for json, Vinay for 
> logging, Skip and Barry for csv, me for itertools and
> collections,  Kurt for IDLE, etc).

Right, so who looks after httplib?

> The process can be maddenly slow (waiting for an owner to
> have the time and inclination) but it has its advantages over
> the long-term.

Okay, I guess I should just bug Barry then?

But still, no answer to my original question...

Chris

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