[Python-Dev] Encouraging developers

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    amk> Any ideas for fixing this problem?

Not a one.

    amk> Tangentially related:
    amk> At PyCon, there was general agreement that exposing a read-only
    amk> Bazaar/Mercurial/git/whatever version of the repository wouldn't be
    amk> too much effort, and might make things easier for external people
    amk> developing patches.

I'm not much of a version control wonk.  How would these help?  Can't the
folks who need such stuff do some sort of anonymous svn checkout?

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