On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshep...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 18:55, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe >> <tshep...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 17:51, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: >>>> and I'm not sure we'd like to >>>> accept code from convicted fellons (though I'd consider that a gray >>>> area). >>> >>> This makes me curious... why would that be a problem at all (assuming >>> the felony is not related to the computing field)? >> >> Because the person might not be trustworthy, period. Or it might >> reflect badly upon Python's reputation. But yes, I could also see >> cases where we'd chose to trust the person anyway. This is why I said >> it's a gray area -- it can only be determined on a case-by-case basis. >> The most likely case might actually be someone like Aaron Swartz. > > Even if Aaron submits typo fixes for documentation :) > > I would think that being core developer would be the only thing that > would require trust. As for a random a contributor, their patches are > always reviewed by core developers before going in, so I don't see any > need for trust there. Identity is another matter of course, but no one > even checks if I'm the real Tshepang Lekhonkhobe.
I don't think you're a core contributor, right? Even if a core developer reviews the code, it requires a certain level of trust, especially for complex patches. -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) _______________________________________________ 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
