[python-committers] Mark Lawrence

[Nick Coghlan]

On 6 October 2014 07:22, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
> On 10/5/2014 3:39 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
>>
>> I responded on the issue,
>> and will say more privately.
>
> I wrote him and tried to communicate three ideas.
> 1. Closing issues and responding to new messages, while important, are
> subsidiary to the primary goal of improving Python.
> 2. We would prefer more quality and less quantity.
> 3. We each set our priorites; he should not try to do so for us.

Thanks Terry.

I know Mark is particularly concerned about the "open issues" tally
and constantly seeks ways to bring that down. Scattergun pinging of
open issues is one of the easiest, but also one of the ones with a
high hidden cost in annoying people - for developers, it may mean
getting dozens of email notifications, for issue submitters, it may
lead to anticipation of action, only to be disappointed when it's just
a ping asking for a status update.

Regards,
Nick.

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Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia