[Python-Dev] My thinking about the development process

[Terry Reedy]

On 12/5/2014 3:04 PM, Brett Cannon wrote:

> 1. Contributor clones a repository from hg.python.org <http://hg.python.org>
> 2. Contributor makes desired changes
> 3. Contributor generates a patch
> 4. Contributor creates account on bugs.python.org
> <http://bugs.python.org> and signs the
>     [contributor
> agreement](https://www.python.org/psf/contrib/contrib-form/)

I would like to have the process of requesting and enforcing the signing 
of CAs automated.

> 4. Contributor creates an issue on bugs.python.org
> <http://bugs.python.org> (if one does not already exist) and uploads a patch

I would like to have patches rejected, or at least held up, until a CA 
is registered.  For this to work, a signed CA should be immediately 
registered on the tracker, at least as 'pending'.  It now can take a 
week or more to go through human processing.


> 5. Core developer evaluates patch, possibly leaving comments through our
> [custom version of Rietveld](http://bugs.python.org/review/)
> 6. Contributor revises patch based on feedback and uploads new patch
> 7. Core developer downloads patch and applies it to a clean clone
> 8. Core developer runs the tests
> 9. Core developer does one last `hg pull -u` and then commits the
> changes to various branches

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy