On 4/26/2010 7:24 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >> I think it is very much in the interest of Python to evolve our >> processes in order to encourage more core-developers. Evolving means >> experimenting *and* being willing to change. It is certainly less >> *effort* to accept the status quo, but with several more committed and >> enthusiastic (and good) core developers there is an awful lot (more) we >> could achieve. > > I certainly agree we should try to attract more good-willed and > competent contributors. > > I also agree with Stephen that, in a project with a non-trivial amount > of complexity such as CPython, not having (tracker or commit) privileges > is not the real barrier to entry. You have to learn how the software > works, how its development works, who are the people working on it, etc. >
I'd like to respond to Michael's comment about the "possibly hundreds of modules in the standard library without a maintainer." My own experience (issue5949) has been positive despite the lack of a dedicated maintainer. When I had my own itch to scratch, nobody stopped me from scratching it.. some people told me when I could scratch it and how they'd like it scratched.. but I wasn't ignored or rejected despite the lack of a maintainer. Thanks to RDM for giving my issue attention. -- Scott Dial sc...@scottdial.com scod...@cs.indiana.edu _______________________________________________ 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
