On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Julien Phalip <jpha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Now, I know that this is sort of an edge case, and I also know that > there are more important and more urgent matters at this moment. But > I'd be keen to hear what is the official (or tacit) policy for that > kind of small bug reports. There probably are a few other tickets in > that situation (#9404 is another example). So, what is the best way to > go for people interested in having them checked in? Is it simply by > bringing them up on this mailing list from time to time? If so, then I > can try again after 1.1 lands.
Hi Julien, Unfortunately, there's no simple answer to this question. The short answer is that it is all about timing and opportunity. A polite, well-timed message to the mailing list is certainly one way to get attention. Keep an eye on the grand schedule. If you make noise when the core devs are under the hammer trying to hit a feature deadline or manage a planning phase, you're probably going to get ignored. However, raising the ticket when the core devs are paying attention to bugs - just before a bug fixing sprint, or in the leadup to a beta release for example - is likely to get some traction. Gentle IRC reminders can also work - again, strategically timed (during a bug sprint would be a very good time, for example). Another way to get traction is to pull related items together. When I jump into the code to fix a bug in an area I haven't touched for a while, it can take a few minutes to refresh my memory on exactly how things work. If you collect minor bugs together into similarly themed groups, you make an attractive target for us core devs (who are, after all, exceedingly lazy and like easy jobs much more than hard jobs :-) I wish I could give you a concrete answer (ask by email, written in sanskrit, between 1 and 1:10 pm UTC on Tuesday afternoons :-) but like all things open source, it isn't that simple. Yours, Russ Magee %-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
