[python-committers] Mark Lawrence

[Terry Reedy]

On 10/6/2014 1:02 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> 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.

I think I can suggest some better ways.

> 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.

Since all aspects of this annoyance were not completely obvious to me, I 
am sure they are not to him.  With the discussion here, I understand 
much better and will try to explain to him.

Terry