[Python-Dev] What to do with languishing patches?

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Thu Jul 22 03:56:00 CEST 2010


Alexander Belopolsky writes:
 > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:09 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen at xemacs.org> wrote:
 > ..
 > >  >    In this particular case I'd rather tend to agree - an editable
 > >  > single-line box to enter space-*and*-comma-separated modules list
 > >  > would be the best interface.
 > >
 > > For active developers, yes.  But this is unhelpful for people who
 > > aren't hyper-familiar with the component list or who can't spell.
 > 
 > It does not have to be either or.  We can have a text box and a
 > link/button next to it which will pop up a window with a selectable

This is what Roundup multilinks do anyway.  I just don't want the
"best" (cf the post I'm replying to) to get in the way of the "good".


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