Michael Foord schrieb: > This raises a point which is related to the 'encouraging developers' thread. > > I created this patch as part of a Python bug day over a year ago. The > bug day was trumpeted as being a good place for 'newbies' who wanted to > contribute to Python could start, and implied that some kind of > mentoring would be in place. > > I enthusiastically turned up on IRC and asked how to join in. I was told > (more or less) to 'pick a bug and fix it'. That one seemed to be the > only one on the list I could tackle alone (and I still managed to screw > it up it seems!). I submitted the patch to sourceforge, posted to IRC > that I had done this - and then kind of hung around a while waiting to > see what would happen. > > There was no response and after a while of waiting and nothing much else > happening either I returned to working on my own projects... > > The bug days do seem like an opportunity to involve new developers - but > some kind of active engagement would seem appropriate...
If it was the last bug day you speak about, this was a bit unfortunate since it was only me and Tim who were present for a longer time, and not busy with some server maintenance tasks. I guess I just picked the wrong day ;) Georg _______________________________________________ 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
