On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 6:41 PM Simon Cross <hodgestar+python...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Are there any core devs that Michael or Erik could collaborate with? > Rather than rely on adhoc patch review from random core developers. > > Michael and Eric: Question -- are you interested in becoming core > developers at least for the purposes of maintaining these platforms in > future?
I would be for the purposes of said platform maintenance. I believe I already have some maintainer permissions on bpo for exactly this reason. That said, while I'm sure it would help, I'm not exactly sure what it would solve either. I believe strongly in code review, and just having a "core developer" status does not necessarily free one from responsibility for obtaining code review. It also partly depends on the issue. If it's a change that touches other parts of the code in ways that could impact it beyond the narrow scope of platform support, I believe it definitely should get a second pair of eyes. Unfortunately many of the outstanding patches I have for review fall in that category. Though in the future there will be fewer like that. The majority of work needed for Cygwin, at least, is tweaking some areas of the tests that make assumptions that don't necessarily hold on that platform.* Thanks, E * For example, there are some tests that assume there is a user with UID 0. While UID 0 is reserved for a "superuser", I don't know that there's any requirement that such a user *must* exist (on Cygwin it does not :) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
