[Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

[geremy condra]

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:17 AM, Stefan Krah <stefan at bytereef.org> wrote:
> geremy condra <debatem1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:31 AM, Stefan Krah <stefan at bytereef.org> wrote:
>> > Jesse Noller <jnoller at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 8:22 PM, geremy condra <debatem1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>> (This seems to me like an area where a judicious application of PSF funds might help; if every
>> >> >>> single bug were actively triaged and responded to, even if it weren't reviewed, and patch
>> >> >>> contributors were directed to take specific steps to elicit a response or a review, the fact that
>> >> >>> patch reviews take a while might not be so bad.)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The operative word being "judicious". It is not obvious who should get
>> >> >> funded, and for what tasks.
>> >> >> Some specific issues (like email in 3.x) are large enough that they can
>> >> >> be the sole focus of a fund grant. But I'm not sure triaging can apply.
>> >> >
>> >> > I'm mulling over starting a monthly triage sprint under the auspices of
>> >> > Jesse Noeller's PSF sponsored sprints in the hopes of making this a
>> >> > little more fun. I'd appreciate comments on the idea.
>> >
>> > [responding to Geremy]
>> >
>> > I'm with Georg on this. If triaging needs a monetary incentive because it
>> > is tedious work, so does committing. A lot of the abandoned issues aren't
>> > very glamorous either.
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean by "monetary incentive". I was considering
>> handing a t-shirt or beer token to the most productive sprinters, but
>> that's about the limit of it, and I suspect that would come out of my
>> pocket.
>
> Sorry for misinterpreting your intentions. I was reading this in the context
> of "judicious application of PSF funds". What you are describing is of course
> quite judicious.
>
> To me, "PSF sponsored" sounded like there would be a lot more money involved.

Nope, as long as I can keep the costs under $100 or so (I'm the worlds
biggest cheapskate, shouldn't be a problem) I doubt I'll ask for
anything except that people promote and attend.

Geremy Condra