On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 at 14:21 Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote: > On Feb 21, 2018, at 13:22, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > > > > I'm willing to reconsider if there's a good enough tool. Ditto for C > code (or do we already do it for C?). > > For Python code, flake8 --possibly with our own custom plugins— is the way > to go. It would probably take some kind of ratchet or transition period > before all of the stdlib were compliant. We’d have to be careful of the > inevitable raft of PRs to fix things, which may distract from actual bug > fixes and improvements. OTOH, that would be another external dependency > pulled in for core Python development. >
As long as we pin the version and upgrade only consciously I don't think it's a massive issue to have an external dependency. As for C, maybe clang-format? > > > FWIW I'm personally hugely happy with the new workflow -- my only regret > is that we're not using GitHub for issue tracking yet. > > I’m very happy with the workflow too, and Mariatta’s and others work has > been hugely important in making things work so well. I still miss my > “commit when CI completes” button, but oh well. > > As for the bug tracker, I still do like Roundup, and we have a huge > investment in it, not just in resources expended to make it rock, but also > in all the history in it and everything that integrates with it. I > wouldn’t stop anybody who’s motivated to spearhead a move to GH issues, but > I also don’t think that can be taken up lightly. Just look at the vast > amount of work Brett and others had to do to migrate code hosting. It > would be nice to have integrated reviews and issues (e.g. for auto-closing > perhaps), but I also honestly don’t miss much with the current suite of > tools. > All I will say is I don't plan on doing this one myself :) .
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