[Python-Dev] Enhanced tracker privileges for dangerjim to do triage.

[Steve Holden]

Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano <steve <at> pearwood.info> writes:
>> Who are we worried about offending? The crowds on the Internet who never 
>> volunteer for anything, who never submit patches, let alone offer to do 
>> the unglamourous work?
> 
> Perhaps you should look more carefully. We do have contributors who submit
> patches and advice on the tracker. There isn't just the committers and the
> passive masses.
> 
Yes, in the last year in particular there has been some excellent effort
of maintaining the issue tracker content. But the question still remains
- who are we worried about offending?

> (oh, and following your logic, we should ignore your advice, unless you actually
> contribute to the "unglamourous work" - do you?)
> 
>> In a meritocracy it isn't enough to be 
>> good at what you do, you also have to be known to be good.
> 
> If this were the criterion then the answer would be simple: nobody seems to
> knows dangerjim in the Python community.
> 
Except, of course, the person recommending him. And it seems from the
discussion that nobody is particularly bothered about finding out about
him, preferring to exercise their various prejudices in preference to
taking a PSF member's word that he's a potentially valuable contributor
along with an offer of supervision.

I didn't realize we had so much effort available that we can ignore such
offers.

> (to make it clear: this is not a shot intended at him, rather at your own logic)
> 
> 
To make it clear: this is not intended as a criticism of you personally,
rather of those who do not seem to feel that increasing the developer
community is important. Perhaps diversity is just something you write in
a statement.

Some of the comments in this thread have seemed positively unwelcoming,
even though I doubt that was the authors' intention.

regards
 Steve
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