[Python-Dev] Moving bugs and patches through the pipeline more quickly

Thu, 7 Mar 2002 05:49:53 -0600

 >> I wasn't thinking about it quite like that. I was thinking more
 >> along the lines of a subset of people would volunteer to do the
 >> triage, passing it off between themselves at the rotation boundaries.
 >> That's more-or-less how Cameron Laird does it for the weekly Python
 >> URL stuff.
 Guido> Maybe you'd like to help organize this?
Martin thinks it's unnecessary. I suspect he pays as much attention to
incoming bugs as anyone, so let's pass on this for the time being.
Instead...
 >> I suggest you post an announcement to c.l.py. I don't know where
 >> best to have them reply. Sending mail to guido@python.org would
 >> clearly not be the right place. Python-dev wouldn't normally be the
 >> right place for this either, but that's where all the people
 >> qualified to do the reference checks hang out.
 Guido> I'd like to delegate this. Maybe you can send out an
 Guido> announcement and read through the applications, forwarding only
 Guido> the ones that look good to me. You may have to think a bit about
 Guido> what to write in the announcement, but please do it without
 Guido> asking me -- I need to delegate more!
I can do this. I'll send a note to c.l.py soliciting requests to be added
to the developers list. How about one more level of indirection. I will
prioritize the responses then forward them to anyone on this list who's
interested in participating in the review process. Those people can then
pass along the usual +1/0/-1 (to me or Guido) with or without further
explanation, as they see fit.
I'll try to get a post out this morning. We can decide how to handle the
details of the review process in parallel with the responses arriving.
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