[Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

[geremy condra]

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 8:22 PM, geremy condra <debatem1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>

Apologies, Jesse, I thought your name had an extra 'e' in it.

Geremy Condra