On 20/07/2015 03:36, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 06:21 am, breamore...@gmail.com wrote:
All in all though I have to admit that overall it's a really onerous task.
Once you've produced the patch you have to go to all the trouble of
logging on to the issue tracker, finding the appropriate issue and
uploading the patch. You may even be inclined to make a comment. In this
case this entire process could take as much as two whole minutes.
It's very interesting that you ignore the two hardest parts of the process:
(1) Producing the patch in the first place.
(2) Convincing those with appropriate commit rights to accept the patch.
I didn't actually intend to ignore anything, only the whole context has
been altered as you've snipped the previous paragraph that led into the
above.
I don't know about the hardest part of the process, but I believe that
the actual commit part is a PITA regardless of the size of the patch
involved. The good news on that front is that the core workflow project
has kick started again. The bad news is I haven't got the faintest idea
what the timescale is, a year, two, I've simply no idea?
One thing I do know is that it has to be made to work, as I doubt that
there's a single member of the community who can be happy with the
current workflow. Still in a way that is a good sign as it shows that
currently Python is a victim of its own success.
Once the core workflow project has succeeded, and I'll repeat that it
has to, then Python will definitely achieve what Pinky and the Brain
failed to do :)
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