Re: [python-committers] Promote Xiang Zhang as a core developer

2016-11-21 Thread Gregory P. Smith
+1 thanks for mentoring. On Mon, Nov 21, 2016, 2:14 PM Victor Stinner wrote: > Hi, > > 2016-11-21 21:53 GMT+01:00 Brett Cannon : > > We received an email from Xiang with his SSH keys and GitHub username > > (although no subscription request for python-committers). Was he finally > > approved for

Re: [python-committers] Promote Xiang Zhang as a core developer

2016-11-21 Thread Victor Stinner
Hi, 2016-11-21 21:53 GMT+01:00 Brett Cannon : > We received an email from Xiang with his SSH keys and GitHub username > (although no subscription request for python-committers). Was he finally > approved for receiving commit privileges? (Oh, I forgot to send an email to python-committers.) Berke

Re: [python-committers] Promote Xiang Zhang as a core developer

2016-11-21 Thread Brett Cannon
We received an email from Xiang with his SSH keys and GitHub username (although no subscription request for python-committers). Was he finally approved for receiving commit privileges? On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 at 04:10 Victor Stinner wrote: > Hi, > > Last months, I noticed that Xiang Zhang is very ac

Re: [python-committers] Promote Xiang Zhang as a core developer

2016-11-18 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 19 November 2016 at 13:07, Berker Peksağ wrote: > I agree that we should look for people who wrote high quality patches, > but I think we also should look for people who help other members of > the community by doing *boring* tasks (e.g. review patches submitted > by other contributors, triage

Re: [python-committers] Promote Xiang Zhang as a core developer

2016-11-18 Thread Berker Peksağ
On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Victor Stinner wrote: > Hi, > > 2016-11-15 1:10 GMT+01:00 Berker Peksağ : >> Xiang tends to fix things that are not broken, > > This sentence sounds strange. What do you mean? :-) > >> (...) and when you point out that the thing they are >> trying to fix is not b

Re: [python-committers] Promote Xiang Zhang as a core developer

2016-11-18 Thread Serhiy Storchaka
2016-11-18 18:16 GMT+02:00 Victor Stinner : > Berker, Serhiy: Do you prefer that I mentor Xiang first during one > month, then give him the commit bit, but continue to mentor him? Or > are you ok to give him the commit bit right now, and as I wrote, > request him to ask me before pushing anything?

Re: [python-committers] Promote Xiang Zhang as a core developer

2016-11-18 Thread Victor Stinner
2016-11-15 19:32 GMT+01:00 : > Since the first commit 8 months ago I counted about 50 Xiang's committed > patches, and most of them were committed by me (other 10 core developers > committed form 1 to 4 Xiang's patches). He helped with reviewing patches and > discussing issues. His C skills was g

Re: [python-committers] Promote Xiang Zhang as a core developer

2016-11-18 Thread Victor Stinner
2016-11-15 16:46 GMT+01:00 Senthil Kumaran : >> Maybe Xiang needs a longer mentoring period than 1 month, but I want >> to keep him motivated. Active contributors (even inside core >> developers) are rare, so we always need fresh blood :-) > > I agree with this statement. I did a review of his cont

Re: [python-committers] Promote Xiang Zhang as a core developer

2016-11-15 Thread storchaka
понеділок, 14 листопада 2016 р. 13:09:35 EET Victor Stinner написано: > Last months, I noticed that Xiang Zhang is very active on the bug > tracker and propose many enhancements and bug fixes. He contributes to > Python code, but also to the C code (a rare skill nowadays). Slowly, > he understood h

Re: [python-committers] Promote Xiang Zhang as a core developer

2016-11-15 Thread Senthil Kumaran
On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 12:26 AM, Victor Stinner wrote: > Maybe Xiang needs a longer mentoring period than 1 month, but I want > to keep him motivated. Active contributors (even inside core > developers) are rare, so we always need fresh blood :-) > I agree with this statement. I did a review of

Re: [python-committers] Promote Xiang Zhang as a core developer

2016-11-15 Thread Victor Stinner
Hi, 2016-11-14 23:38 GMT+01:00 Brett Cannon : > I thought someone asked Xiang if he wanted to be a core dev during the core > sprints in September and he turned down the offer? I asked Xiang once on IRC if he would be interested to become a core, and yes, he is interested. During the sprint, we

Re: [python-committers] Promote Xiang Zhang as a core developer

2016-11-15 Thread Victor Stinner
Hi, 2016-11-15 1:10 GMT+01:00 Berker Peksağ : > Xiang tends to fix things that are not broken, This sentence sounds strange. What do you mean? :-) > (...) and when you point out that the thing they are > trying to fix is not broken, they try to start an endless discussion. > I also saw a couple

Re: [python-committers] Promote Xiang Zhang as a core developer

2016-11-14 Thread Berker Peksağ
On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 3:09 PM, Victor Stinner wrote: > Hi, > > Last months, I noticed that Xiang Zhang is very active on the bug > tracker and propose many enhancements and bug fixes. He contributes to > Python code, but also to the C code (a rare skill nowadays). Slowly, > he understood how to

Re: [python-committers] Promote Xiang Zhang as a core developer

2016-11-14 Thread Brett Cannon
I thought someone asked Xiang if he wanted to be a core dev during the core sprints in September and he turned down the offer? On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 at 04:10 Victor Stinner wrote: > Hi, > > Last months, I noticed that Xiang Zhang is very active on the bug > tracker and propose many enhancements an

Re: [python-committers] Promote Xiang Zhang as a core developer

2016-11-14 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 14 November 2016 at 22:09, Victor Stinner wrote: > Hi, > > Last months, I noticed that Xiang Zhang is very active on the bug > tracker and propose many enhancements and bug fixes. He contributes to > Python code, but also to the C code (a rare skill nowadays). Slowly, > he understood how to pro

Re: [python-committers] Promote Xiang Zhang as a core developer

2016-11-14 Thread INADA Naoki
+1, if I can vote. He helped me a lot by reviewing my patch, and fixing issues relating to dict. Regards, -- INADA Naoki ___ python-committers mailing list python-committers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-committers Code o