[Python-Dev] Python sprint mechanics

[Raymond Hettinger]

Tim Peters wrote:

>[Tim Peters, on giving commit privs to a sprinter after
> extracting a signed PSF contributor form]
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>
>>>The more realistically ;-) I try to picture the suggested
>>>alternatives, the more sensible this one sounds. ...
>>>      
>>>
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>[Martin v. Löwis]
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>>I completely agree. Just make sure you master the mechanics of adding
>>committers.
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Part of the mechanics also involves getting the users set-up on their 
own machines.  For me, it was a complete PITA because of the 
Tortoise/Putty/Pageant/SSH2 dance and then trying to get Python to 
compile with the only compiler I had (MSVC++6).  The advantage of a 
separate sprint repository is that we can essentially leave it unsecured 
and make it easy for everyone to freely checkin / checkout and experiment. 

For the Iceland sprint and bug days, we need a procedure that is 
minimizes the time lost for getting everyone set.  For bug days, it is 
especially critical because a half-day lost may eat-up most of the time 
available for contributing.  For the Iceland sprint, it is important 
because this is just one of many set-up tasks (others include 
downloading and compiling psyco, pypy, etc).


Raymond