On 8/4/2010 3:49 AM, Tim Golden wrote: > On 04/08/2010 02:08, Steve Holden wrote: >> It's a little disappointing to discover that despite the relatively >> large number of developers who have received MSDN licenses from >> Microsoft, none if us have the time to make sure that the buildbots are >> green for the 2.6.6 release. >> >> I wonder if anyone can think of a way we can get some Windows skillz >> into the group that could assist at ties like this. Some brainstorming >> might find a way through. > > My own problem is just the amount of ramp-up time (as a proportion of > my own available time) to get hold of a problem even when I see it. > (Speaking here in the more general sense of fixing Windows-related > Python bugs). > > As one who has benefitted from the MSDN largesse I am certainly > conscious of > the responsibility to contribute benefits back to the Python community. > On the basis that I'm far more likely to watch a buildbot which I actually > administer, I have recently nudged my sysadmins here to see if they can > make good on their promise to find me a spare server to use as a buildbot. > > I have watched the buildbot pages occasionally, especially when I see > Windows-related commits going in, but several times "red" buildbots > have turned out to be -- apparently -- environmental / local issues > unrelated to commits. Obviously I could/should have contacted the > buildbot owner to at least inform him or her that something was amiss. > But somehow at that point one's technical enthusiasm for fixing a > problem diminishes when it's not clear that there *is* a problem. > (Grumble, grumble, mutter, mutter... :) ) > > While we'd certainly benefit from more Windows skills, we'd probably > benefit more from people who have more *time* to look at Windows > issues. OK; to propose something concrete: I'll write a blog post > and advertise on python-win32 to ask for Windows people who perhaps > might at least be interested in contributing time. I will also > advertise (and maybe enhance) Brian Curtin's how-to doc on Windows > Python core development... which I can't quite lay my hands on at > the moment. Hopefully we can lower the perceived entry-bar for > contribution at different levels. > Thanks, Tim. When I said "more Windows skillz" I should, of course, have said "more people with time to apply their Windows skillz". I imagine if we get some new blood in we can get them access to MSDN licenses should they be needed.
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