> why doesn't it get merged? The last significant discussion from a core dev on the most relevant PR here: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/4819 shows that Antoine was familiarizing himself with the feature and had added it to their to do list.
Merging something is also a responsibility to whoever does it, so I suggest we approach this with grace given at least someone promised to look into it. BTW, am not writing off your concerns. On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 1:36 PM <esmeraldagar...@byom.de> wrote: > I just stumbled upon the following issue and subsequent pull request. It > is a very small bugfix. There is currently a bug in Python and this pull > request fixes it. It's not a new feature or an enhancement, it is a bugfix! > Yet, it doesn't get reviewed, nor merged. And this has been going on since > March 2017. Why not just merge this? It's not like it's huge or obstructing > or obfuscating the current code base? There's always time to write an > improvement or a complete rewrite of this module feature later for an > upcoming minor release. But if there is currently a bug in Python and the > bugfix is available - why doesn't it get merged? > > https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/4819 > > If this doesn't get fixed, doesn't that mean the Python review process is > flawed? Sure, Python is an open source project and many people just work in > their free time. But this doesn't really apply here, does it? The bugfix is > available. Only a review is required. All this is happening while new > features get added to Python with every new minor version. While the bug is > allowed to live there. Please help me understand how this can happen. > > I love Python. No hard feelings. But this is really bugging me and I can't > help but feel disappointed. > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/TTJAVTPF6RYO63GTBSTXFJG3IVCYPHXT/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- Best, Joannah Nanjekye *"You think you know when you learn, are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program." Alan J. Perlis*
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