[Python-Dev] We should be using a tool for code reviews

[Brett Cannon]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 14:35, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
>> While I would personally love to see Rietveld declared the official
>> core Python code review tool, I realize that since I wrote as a Google
>> engineer and it is running on Google infrastructure (App Engine), I
>> can't be fully objective about the tool choice -- even though it is
>> open source, has several non-Googler maintainers, and can be run
>> outside App Engine as well.
>
> I considered having roundup post all patches to Rietveld (trust me
> that I can solve the "what branch and revision problem").
>
> However, the stumbling block is access control - I don't know how
> to get roundup to post to Rietveld, "anonymously", so to speak.
>
> So perhaps we should just run our own Rietveld instance next to Roundup.

That shouldn't be too hard. Someone just has to create an App Engine
project and handle the deployment. I guess the trickiest part is
making sure enough people have admin access so multiple people can
update the website, especially if we run a modified copy so that
bugs.python.org can push "anonymous" (and probably be the only thing
that can).