[Python-checkins] devguide: Explain what the Developer role is.

Mon Jan 10 02:24:15 CET 2011

brett.cannon pushed b20c907554f6 to devguide:
http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/b20c907554f6
changeset: 66:b20c907554f6
tag: tip
user: Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>
date: Sun Jan 09 17:24:06 2011 -0800
summary:
 Explain what the Developer role is.
files:
 devrole.rst

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 .. _devrole:
 
-Gaining the 'Developer' Role on the Issue Tracker
+Gaining the "Developer" Role on the Issue Tracker
 =================================================
 
-XXX
+When you have consistently shown the ability to properly
+:ref:`help triage issues <triage>` without guidance, you may request that you
+be given the "Developer" role on the `issue tracker`_. You can make the request
+of any person who already has the Developer role. If they decide you are ready
+to gain the extra privileges on the tracker they will then act as a mentor to
+you until you are ready to do things entirely on your own. There is no set rule
+as to how many issues you need to have helped with before or how long you have
+been participating. The key requirements are that you show the desire to
+help, you are able to work well with others (especially those already with the
+Developer role), and that have a firm grasp of how to do things on the issue
+tracker properly on your own.
+
+Gaining the Developer role will allow you to set any value on any issue in the
+tracker, releasing you from the burden of having to ask others to set values on
+an issue for you in order to properly triage something. This will not only help
+speed up and simplify your work in helping out, but also help lesson the
+workload for everyone by gaining your help.
+
+.. _issue tracker: http://bugs.python.org
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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/devguide
