[core-workflow] the Misc/NEWS problem

[R. David Murray]

On Tue, 11 Aug 2015 07:12:38 +0300, Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 12:25 AM, Brett Cannon <bcannon at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 1:18 PM R. David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, 08 Aug 2015 17:44:04 -0000, Brett Cannon <bcannon at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > OK, assuming David's in agreement then I think this approach wins with
> >> > the
> >> > comma-separated field for commits that the hg hook for Roundup
> >> > auto-appends
> >> > to and of course the field to enter the NEWS entry.
> >> >
> >> > Now the next question is how easy/hard is it to implement this, how long
> >> > will it take, and who is willing to do the work? With this in hand we
> >> > can
> >> > propose it to python-committers for 3.6 since the NEWS file should be
> >> > easy
> >> > enough to back-fill to this approach while its still small.
> >>
> >> Yes I agree this is the best approach, assuming we can get it
> >> implemented.  The advantage of #4, though, is that Ezio already did the
> >> work.
> >>
> >> I'm *willing* to do the roundup work, but I don't know as I have the
> >> required time, at least for the next month.  Part of the trick is the
> >> need to get a test instance set up...there was work done at PyCon and
> >> after at making a tracker-in-a-box, so I'd need to find out where that
> >> was at and learn how to use it (or finish it, if needed).  The code
> >> itself is probably a half-day job, probably including enhancing the hook
> >> to update the commits field.  But together with getting a working test
> >> instance we're talking a couple days work at least.
> >
> >
> > Perk of getting the tracker-in-a-box working is it's a one-time cost that
> > will be beneficial long term.

Yes.  I just have to find time to get over that initial hump :)

> FYI Shiyao (one of the GSoC students) has been working on
> https://bitbucket.org/introom/docker-b.p.o/src .

And this will help, I hope!

--David