Re: [python-committers] RFC: Process to become a core developer

2017-12-09 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Le 09/12/2017 à 08:41, Nick Coghlan a écrit : > On 8 December 2017 at 04:21, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >> >> Le 07/12/2017 à 19:01, Victor Stinner a écrit : >>> >>> IMHO the current blocker issue is that it is too hard to become a core >>> developer. >> >> I don't think so. It should not be harder t

Re: [python-committers] RFC: Process to become a core developer

2017-12-08 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 8 December 2017 at 04:21, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > > Le 07/12/2017 à 19:01, Victor Stinner a écrit : >> >> IMHO the current blocker issue is that it is too hard to become a core >> developer. > > I don't think so. It should not be harder than it was in 2010, yet we > are promoting way less core

Re: [python-committers] RFC: Process to become a core developer

2017-12-08 Thread Terry Reedy
On 12/8/2017 11:20 AM, Victor Stinner wrote: 2017-12-08 14:19 GMT+01:00 Ezio Melotti : In my opinion, the role of the mentor should boil down to: 1) be a reference for the new core dev and be available in case everything else fails (e.g. if no one else answers a question); 2) be responsible for

Re: [python-committers] RFC: Process to become a core developer

2017-12-08 Thread Victor Stinner
2017-12-08 14:19 GMT+01:00 Ezio Melotti : > In my opinion, the role of the mentor should boil down to: > 1) be a reference for the new core dev and be available in case > everything else fails (e.g. if no one else answers a question); > 2) be responsible for the mistakes the new core dev might make

Re: [python-committers] RFC: Process to become a core developer

2017-12-08 Thread Ezio Melotti
On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 11:38 PM, Victor Stinner wrote: > 2017-12-07 19:21 GMT+01:00 Antoine Pitrou : >>> == Step 2: Bug Triage Permission == >>> >>> Once a contributor becomes active enough, a core developer can propose >>> to give the bug triage permission to the contributor. >> >> It sounds like

Re: [python-committers] RFC: Process to become a core developer

2017-12-07 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Le 07/12/2017 à 23:38, Victor Stinner a écrit : > > Another option is the idea proposed in parenthesis, that contributors > mentor them each other. I wouldn't count as the official required > mentoring, but it would help anyway. I think that it is already > happening right now on the core-mentors

Re: [python-committers] RFC: Process to become a core developer

2017-12-07 Thread Victor Stinner
2017-12-07 19:21 GMT+01:00 Antoine Pitrou : >> == Step 2: Bug Triage Permission == >> >> Once a contributor becomes active enough, a core developer can propose >> to give the bug triage permission to the contributor. > > It sounds like you are not taking into account what was said by various > peop

Re: [python-committers] RFC: Process to become a core developer

2017-12-07 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Le 07/12/2017 à 19:01, Victor Stinner a écrit : > > IMHO the current blocker issue is that it is too hard to become a core > developer. I don't think so. It should not be harder than it was in 2010, yet we are promoting way less core developers than we did. See previous discussion. > A promot

Re: [python-committers] RFC: Process to become a core developer

2017-12-07 Thread Ethan Furman
On 12/07/2017 10:01 AM, Victor Stinner wrote: Note: I'm trying to avoid gender to be inclusive when mentioning a contributor by using "they" or "their". I'm not sure that it's correct in english, since english is not my first language. Is "they" acceptable to identify a single contributor, or is