Re: [python-committers] What is a CPython core developer?

2017-10-04 Thread Ezio Melotti
On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 6:58 PM, Victor Stinner wrote: > 2017-09-22 18:48 GMT+02:00 Antoine Pitrou : > >> * Long term commitement. (...) > > > > Unfortunately we can't evaluate that in advance. Even the person being > > promoted often does not known whether they'll still be there in 5 or 10 > > y

Re: [python-committers] What is a CPython core developer?

2017-10-04 Thread Paul Moore
On 4 October 2017 at 17:58, Victor Stinner wrote: > 2017-09-22 18:48 GMT+02:00 Antoine Pitrou : >>> * Long term commitement. (...) >> >> Unfortunately we can't evaluate that in advance. Even the person being >> promoted often does not known whether they'll still be there in 5 or 10 >> years. Hop

Re: [python-committers] What is a CPython core developer?

2017-10-04 Thread Victor Stinner
2017-09-24 13:05 GMT+02:00 Nick Coghlan : > I think what we put there really does cover the essence of the role, > so the main questions I personally ask about a potential new core > developer are: > > 1. Would gaining core developer privileges improve their ability to > contribute effectively (in

Re: [python-committers] What is a CPython core developer?

2017-10-04 Thread Victor Stinner
2017-09-22 18:48 GMT+02:00 Antoine Pitrou : >> * Long term commitement. (...) > > Unfortunately we can't evaluate that in advance. Even the person being > promoted often does not known whether they'll still be there in 5 or 10 > years. Hopefully that's on their horizon, but many factors can inter

Re: [python-committers] What is a CPython core developer?

2017-09-24 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 23 September 2017 at 00:26, Victor Stinner wrote: > First of all, I like how Mariatta summarized a promotion (in an oral > discussion that we had). Becoming a core developer doesn't give > *power*, but *responsabilities*. (Sorry, I'm not sure about the exact > wording, maybe Mariatta can correc

Re: [python-committers] What is a CPython core developer?

2017-09-22 Thread Serhiy Storchaka
22.09.17 20:26, Brett Cannon пише: +1 for the list Victor and Antoine have here! +1 from me too! ___ python-committers mailing list python-committers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-committers Code of Conduct: https://www.p

Re: [python-committers] What is a CPython core developer?

2017-09-22 Thread Carol Willing
Thanks Victor for your commitment to this. :D I particularly like Mariatta's comment on responsibility, Antoine's comments on humility and respect, and Victor's linked document. > On Sep 22, 2017, at 10:26 AM, Brett Cannon wrote: > > +1 for the list Victor and Antoine have here! > > On Fri,

Re: [python-committers] What is a CPython core developer?

2017-09-22 Thread Brett Cannon
+1 for the list Victor and Antoine have here! On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 at 09:48 Antoine Pitrou wrote: > > Hi Victor, > > Thank you, this is a useful write-up! > > Le 22/09/2017 à 16:26, Victor Stinner a écrit : > > > > I started to list "responsabilities" (is it the correct word?) of a > > core devel

Re: [python-committers] What is a CPython core developer?

2017-09-22 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Hi Victor, Thank you, this is a useful write-up! Le 22/09/2017 à 16:26, Victor Stinner a écrit : > > I started to list "responsabilities" (is it the correct word?) of a > core developer. > > First of all, I like how Mariatta summarized a promotion (in an oral > discussion that we had). Becomin

[python-committers] What is a CPython core developer?

2017-09-22 Thread Victor Stinner
Hi, Recently, I asked their opinion to a few core developers about promoting some active contributors to core developers. It seems like we have no clear rules to decide if a contributor can be promoted or not. The problem is that sometimes, I am explicitly asked: What are the steps to become a co