Tim Peters wrote: >[Tim Peters, on giving commit privs to a sprinter after > extracting a signed PSF contributor form] > > >>>The more realistically ;-) I try to picture the suggested >>>alternatives, the more sensible this one sounds. ... >>> >>> > >[Martin v. Löwis] > > >>I completely agree. Just make sure you master the mechanics of adding >>committers. >> >> Part of the mechanics also involves getting the users set-up on their own machines. For me, it was a complete PITA because of the Tortoise/Putty/Pageant/SSH2 dance and then trying to get Python to compile with the only compiler I had (MSVC++6). The advantage of a separate sprint repository is that we can essentially leave it unsecured and make it easy for everyone to freely checkin / checkout and experiment.
For the Iceland sprint and bug days, we need a procedure that is minimizes the time lost for getting everyone set. For bug days, it is especially critical because a half-day lost may eat-up most of the time available for contributing. For the Iceland sprint, it is important because this is just one of many set-up tasks (others include downloading and compiling psyco, pypy, etc). Raymond _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
