On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 1:20 PM, fwierzbi...@gmail.com < fwierzbi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all, > > Just in case this ends up being a repeat: > > I sent a couple of emails here, but just realized I used an email > address that is not subscribed and so they probably never reached the > list. There where two, one was asking for help as I think adding > versions is currently broken for the Jython tracker (which is my fault > as I am supposed to be the maintainer these days) but then I had what > I hope is a better idea: > > Proposal: Jython to use the same tracker as CPython > ========================================== > > I think the problems I've been having with Jython's tracker stem from > it drifting as roundup is upgraded for python-dev. Outside of the fact > that I'm a crappy maintainer of Jython's tracker here are some > justifications for us sharing the same tracker: > > * In the 3.x timeframe, we plan to push all of our *.py code into the > CPython standard library. I have the support of many core devs on > this, it just hasn't been done in a systematic way yet. I've already > done this for a couple of files (for example see > http://bugs.python.org/issue16886) but I plan to see that all of our > .py files get pushed as Jython moves to 3.x. Since half of Jython's > code will live in the CPython repo anyway, why not use the same > tracker? > > * It would be better for Jython in general if we followed CPython's > development style more closely, with code reviews etc. It would be > essential for us to do this with code that actually lives in CPython's > standard library anyway. > > * The database of who has signed a contributor agreement is clear in > bugs.python.org, but is not in bugs.jython.org, and it would probably > be too much work to sync them. > > * The implementation effort would be small (really just add "Jython > 2.5" and "Jython 2.7" to the Versions field and later "Jython 3.4" or > whatever version we end up targeting). I also don't see a need to > migrate the data from bugs.jython.org - we could just slowly re-direct > people to http:/bugs.python.org on a bug-by-bug basis until traffic to > htttp://bugs.jython.org gets slow enough, then we could either shut it > down or leave it up read-only. > I quickly looked at the Jython bug tracker and there are 355 open bugs and they seem to average activity (not necessarily new bugs) on 4 issues/day. > > What do you folks think? I have not discussed this with current Jython > devs yet, as I'd prefer to be sure that it would be acceptable here first. > I can't wait until the first person clicks Jython 2.7 when they meant CPython 2.7. =) I'm fine with it due to the low volume, but people who subscribe to the various bug lists might not love the increased volume (although the volume does seem very small).
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