[BangPypers] Create Better Python community

[Anand Chitipothu]

2011/8/19 Anand Balachandran Pillai <abpillai at gmail.com>:
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> This is basically just dearth of topics. I don't know how to fix it but
>> maybe we can give it some kind of stimulus with a day long hackathon? It
>> would help us get into depth about *something* and make some headway.
>>
>
>  It would be great to do this. I myself haven't really done much in Python
>  for the last year or so. However the thing to hack should be sufficiently
>  hard enough and in a topic of interest - not exactly writing Django plugins
> :)
>
>  Anyone feel any pain point they want to hack on close to Python core,
> something which could be useful in general ?
>
>  Personally, I would love to do something related to Python
>  alternate implementation ecosystem (PyPy/Cython etc). Another option
>  could be to form a small group who looks at core Python bugs and
>  takes it over - if we can get started on this, we could end up owning
>  some pieces of core Python in long term and also solve my
>  problem # 2 (Shared goal).

+1.

I think it is a good idea. I'm interested in working on PyPy or core
Python bugs.

>  Of course, this needs some preparation - I am not talking of coming
>  with a blank mind and just start random hacking.

OK. Shall we meet this weekend and talk about alternate Python
implementations and why PyPy is faster?

Anand