[Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

[Mark Lawrence]

On 12/07/2010 11:37, geremy condra 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.
Any chance of getting me a t-shirt autographed by the one and only BDFL? :)
>
> I'd also emphasize that I am exactly as far as I stated on this: I'm
> mulling it over and asking for feedback. If it turns out that there
> are other things that python-dev feels are more necessary but
> similarly unglamorous, then I'll think about doing that instead.
>
>> Also, from the work that Mark Lawrence has been doing on the tracker in
>> the past few weeks, it's apparent that a dedicated person can achieve a
>> lot without pay.
>
> Indeed, although I'm again unsure what pay has to do with this.
>
>> Due to his tracker reshuffling, many issues got closed, several bug
>> reporters responded after years, etc. Thanks, Mark!
>
> +1
>
> Geremy Condra

Geremy, Stefan, Jesse and anyone that I might have missed, thanks for 
your kind responses, its given me quite a lift.

For the record note that I only got going because of a post on c.l.py 
from Terry Reedy, and that he too has been doing similar work on the 
issue tracker, my round Terry. :)

Kindest regards.

Mark Lawrence