[Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

[geremy condra]

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:59:14 -0400
> Glyph Lefkowitz <glyph at twistedmatrix.com> wrote:
>>
>> Guido proposes to give someone interested in IDLE commit access, and hopefully that will help in > this particular area.  But, as I recall, at the last language summit there was quite a bit of
>> discussion about how to address the broader issue of patches falling into a black hole.  Is
>> anybody working on it?
>
> I think the best way to "work on it" is to work on having more core
> developers, possibly with a more diverse range of interests.
>
>> (This seems to me like an area where a judicious application of PSF funds might help; if every
>> single bug were actively triaged and responded to, even if it weren't reviewed, and patch
>> contributors were directed to take specific steps to elicit a response or a review, the fact that
>> patch reviews take a while might not be so bad.)
>
> The operative word being "judicious". It is not obvious who should get
> funded, and for what tasks.
> Some specific issues (like email in 3.x) are large enough that they can
> be the sole focus of a fund grant. But I'm not sure triaging can apply.

I'm mulling over starting a monthly triage sprint under the auspices of
Jesse Noeller's PSF sponsored sprints in the hopes of making this a
little more fun. I'd appreciate comments on the idea.

Geremy Condra