+1 (not exactly sure how the vote would work, so at this point just an indication of support)
On 22.03.2019 16:40, Victor Stinner wrote: > Oh. I forgot to mention that I offer to mentor Stéphane once he would > become a core dev for 1 month for help him to deal with his new > responsibilities. I would require him to ask me before merging any PR > during the mentoring. > > Victor > > Le ven. 22 mars 2019 à 16:34, Victor Stinner <vstin...@redhat.com> a écrit : >> >> Hi, >> >> Julien Palard and me (Victor) propose to promote Stéphane Wirtel as >> core developer. We open a vote until March 31 (~one week). "[A >> promotion] is granted by receiving at least two-thirds positive votes >> in a core team vote and no veto by the steering council." >> https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0013/#the-core-team >> >> Some of you already met him at Pycon US or EuroPython. >> >> Stéphane is contributing to Python since 2014. He fixed bugs in >> various parts of the code, but also implemented some nice >> features: >> >> * -d option of "python3 -m http.server -d DIRECTORY" >> to serve a specific directory using Python builtin HTTP Server >> * --fast and --best options on gzip CLI: "python3 -m gzip [options] file" >> >> (Julien told me that he frequently uses "python3 -m http.server -d >> DIRECTORY" to read the Python documentation :-)) >> >> In my experience, Stéphane *likes* getting review and is fine to make >> any change on his code. It's not an issue to work with him, it's more >> the opposite :-) For example, it doesn't get mad if one of his PR is >> rejected ;-) (I'm saying that because *I* sometimes get mad about >> that, sorry for being emotional :-)) >> >> He got 57 commits merged into the master branch of Python: authored 46 >> commits + co-authored 1 commit + 10 commits before Git ("Patch written >> by Stéphane Wirtel"). >> >> He organized a Python conference at FOSDEM 5 times in a row (between >> 80 and 800 persons per year) and got a PSF Community Service Awards in >> June 2016 for that: "Stéphane Wirtel for his work organizing a Python >> User Group in Belgium, for his continued work creating marketing >> material for the PSF, for his continued outreach efforts with >> spreading the PSF's mission." >> https://www.python.org/community/awards/psf-awards/#june-2016 >> >> He is also helping to organize EuroPython, by working on the website >> or being a volunteer on-site. >> >> He gave a lot of Python talks all around the world at many Pycon >> (France, EuroPython, Canda, Italy, Ireland, UK, San Sebastiàn, >> Slovakia, Ukraine) and at FOSDEM (Belgium). For example, he gave talks >> about Python internals (bytecode, parser), and on Python development >> workflow and Pull Requests. >> >> He is always volunteer to help the Python project, not only the code. >> For example, he is a committer on the developer guide (devguide). >> >> He is helping other contributors get their bugs fixed or to get their >> changes merged. He participated to not less than 218 PR: ping the >> right core dev who can review/help, test manually to validate and >> provide good feedback, propose enhancements, etc. Sometimes, he just >> says "Thank you for your contribution" which is IMHO a good practice >> for a healthy community :-) (we don't do that often enough!) >> >> Stéphane is involved in Python for 5 years. To be honest, he should >> have been promoted earlier, but I (Victor) wasn't sure to promote him >> myself because I know him too well, and so I wasn't objective about >> his work. But well, now it's time, and Julien is supporting his >> promotion as well ;-) >> >> Links: >> >> * https://wirtel.be/ >> * https://twitter.com/matrixise >> >> Julien and Victor > > > -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Experts (#1, Mar 22 2019) >>> Python Projects, Coaching and Consulting ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> Python Database Interfaces ... http://products.egenix.com/ >>> Plone/Zope Database Interfaces ... http://zope.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: We implement business ideas - efficiently in both time and costs ::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ http://www.malemburg.com/ _______________________________________________ python-committers mailing list python-committers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-committers Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
