+1 This seems like a good fit for GSoC, including with regard to documenting the work done and getting improvements integrated upstream.
On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Ezio Melotti <ezio.melo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > Since the PSF is looking for ideas and mentors for Google Summer of > Code, I was thinking about proposing and mentoring a project that aims > at further improving our bug tracker. > > I'm writing to core-workflow in order to understand what features we > want and which ones have higher priority, so that I can put together a > coherent proposal. > > There are currently two PEPs that are proposing changes to our > infrastructure: > * PEP 462 - Core development workflow automation for CPython > (https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0462/) > * PEP 474 - Creating forge.python.org > (https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0474/) > > These proposals will likely require changes to the bug tracker if we > want to have a solid integration with the new tools and they might > make for a good project, however it might still be too early to know > what we will actually need. > > There are other changes that have been proposed in the past, in particular: > * Some features previously discussed on this ML and summarized at > https://wiki.python.org/moin/TrackerDevelopmentPlanning > * Some other miscellaneous features listed at > https://wiki.python.org/moin/DesiredTrackerFeatures > * Better integration with Rietveld (e.g. add messages to roundup > when someone posts a review) > * Smarter branch detection in patches (sometimes patches don't get > the review link) > * Patch analysis (information such as affected files could be > extracted from the files and used by Roundup) > * Reviewing and applying patches submitted on the meta-tracker > * Fix other issues listed on the meta-tracker > > These (or a subset of these) might also make for a good project, > albeit less focused. > > After discussing with Nick on IRC about this, I also sent an email to > roundup-devel about another possible project to be developed by > Roundup under the umbrella of the PSF: adding a RESTful interface (see > http://issues.roundup-tracker.org/issue2550734). This will also help > us with any future work might want to do to integrate our bug tracker > with other tools. > > If you have any feedback let me know. > > Best Regards, > Ezio Melotti > _______________________________________________ > core-workflow mailing list > core-workflow@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/core-workflow > This list is governed by the PSF Code of Conduct: > https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct >
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