[Python-Dev] Enhanced tracker privileges for dangerjim to do triage.

[Terry Reedy]

On 4/26/2010 2:15 PM, Steve Holden wrote:

>> If this were the criterion then the answer would be simple: nobody seems to
>> knows dangerjim in the Python community.
>>
> Except, of course, the person recommending him. And it seems from the
> discussion that nobody is particularly bothered about finding out about
> him,

Ahem. As I indicated in my first response to Sean, the first thing I did 
was to check the tracker for issues listing 'damgerjim' on the nosy 
list. (Simce people who post messages get auto-added to such and I do 
not see a message versus issue search page.) I found none and asked Sean 
for more info. When Sean provided more, I made more 
particular-to-the-situation responses. I separately posted, in a new 
thread, a suggestion that we change the tracker to eliminate busywork 
rather than recruit new people to do it for us. What a way to drive new 
recruits away.

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Several people have asked "what danger?". The most delicate part of 
triage is closing issues that should never have been opened, either 
because they ask questions that belong on python-list or make foolish 
bug claims. These come from newbies who could be driven away from Python 
by less than polite responses from someone with 'official' status. So, 
again, I think someone should actively exhibit the ability to politely 
respond to strangers before being given 'official' power to close issues.

Terry Jan Reedy