On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:39:04 -0700, Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: > I don't think anyone on python-dev thought that it was exclusively Tarek's > idea or necessarily even mostly his.
Actually, he originally argued against it, but that is irrelevant. I'm happy that he's come around and embraced it. Perhaps a bit too much could be my issue. > If you want explicit credit, you can co-author a PEP or get thanked in > a checkin as you mentioned. Good idea. How can I get check-in privileges on distutils ? What is the process? > But honestly, from my observations of open > source, ideas are not what get you noticed, it's producing something > tangible like code. Sure.. you're 100% right. So I need to be able to work on code and be able to check it in. I would love that. How do I get that? > Plus ideas and such pull from so many people on > mailing lists you can claim you came up with the initial idea, but I > am sure a ton of people provided feedback which makes ownership of any > idea practically moot. Claiming ownership? No No. Lets not go there. A worklist and checkin rights would completely suffice. David _______________________________________________ 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
