[Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

[Stefan Krah]

geremy condra <debatem1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:31 AM, Stefan Krah <stefan at bytereef.org> wrote:
> > Jesse Noller <jnoller at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 8:22 PM, geremy condra <debatem1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>> (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.
> >
> > [responding to Geremy]
> >
> > I'm with Georg on this. If triaging needs a monetary incentive because it
> > is tedious work, so does committing. A lot of the abandoned issues aren't
> > very glamorous either.
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean by "monetary incentive". I was considering
> handing a t-shirt or beer token to the most productive sprinters, but
> that's about the limit of it, and I suspect that would come out of my
> pocket.

Sorry for misinterpreting your intentions. I was reading this in the context
of "judicious application of PSF funds". What you are describing is of course
quite judicious.

To me, "PSF sponsored" sounded like there would be a lot more money involved.


Stefan Krah