Re: [Python-Dev] SoC proposal: "fix some old, old bugs in sourceforge"

2006-04-25 Thread Terry Reedy
"A.M. Kuchling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 09:45:41PM -0700, Neal Norwitz wrote: >> hard bugs to fix. I guess there are also a lot that we can't >> reproduce and the submitter is MIA. Those might be easier. Ping them >> if not reproduc

Re: [Python-Dev] SoC proposal: "fix some old, old bugs in sourceforge"

2006-04-25 Thread Terry Reedy
"Alan McIntyre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I suppose the "new code" emphasis may make writing a proposal to fix > bugs an exercise in futility. :) I personally consider anything *you* write to be 'new code'. Let us see what Google thinks. Patches that other

Re: [Python-Dev] SoC proposal: "fix some old, old bugs in sourceforge"

2006-04-25 Thread engelbert . gruber
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, A.M. Kuchling wrote: > On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 09:45:41PM -0700, Neal Norwitz wrote: >> hard bugs to fix. I guess there are also a lot that we can't >> reproduce and the submitter is MIA. Those might be easier. Ping them >> if not reproducible, if no response in a month, we

Re: [Python-Dev] SoC proposal: "fix some old, old bugs in sourceforge"

2006-04-25 Thread Alan McIntyre
A.M. Kuchling wrote: > On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 12:30:12PM -0400, Alan McIntyre wrote: > >> My unglamorous proposal is to review bugs & patches (starting with the >> oldest) and resolve at least 200 of them. Is that too much? Too few? >> > I'd suggest 75 or maybe 100 bugs or patches, not

Re: [Python-Dev] SoC proposal: "fix some old, old bugs in sourceforge"

2006-04-25 Thread Alan McIntyre
Terry Reedy wrote: >> My unglamorous proposal is to review bugs & patches (starting with the >> oldest) and resolve at least 200 of them. > Funny, and nice!, that you should propose this. I thought of adding > something like this to the Python wiki as something I might mentor, but > hesitate

Re: [Python-Dev] SoC proposal: "fix some old, old bugs in sourceforge"

2006-04-25 Thread A.M. Kuchling
On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 09:45:41PM -0700, Neal Norwitz wrote: > hard bugs to fix. I guess there are also a lot that we can't > reproduce and the submitter is MIA. Those might be easier. Ping them > if not reproducible, if no response in a month, we close. The last time there was a thread sugges

Re: [Python-Dev] SoC proposal: "fix some old, old bugs in sourceforge"

2006-04-24 Thread Neal Norwitz
On 4/24/06, A.M. Kuchling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 12:30:12PM -0400, Alan McIntyre wrote: > > My unglamorous proposal is to review bugs & patches (starting with the > > oldest) and resolve at least 200 of them. Is that too much? Too few? > > I'll fix as many as possibl

Re: [Python-Dev] SoC proposal: "fix some old, old bugs in sourceforge"

2006-04-24 Thread Terry Reedy
"Alan McIntyre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi all, > > I would like to participate in the Summer of Code as a student. At the > moment it looks like the Python tracker on SF has about 2100 open bugs > and patches, going back to late 2000. The latest weekly tra

Re: [Python-Dev] SoC proposal: "fix some old, old bugs in sourceforge"

2006-04-24 Thread A.M. Kuchling
On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 12:30:12PM -0400, Alan McIntyre wrote: > My unglamorous proposal is to review bugs & patches (starting with the > oldest) and resolve at least 200 of them. Is that too much? Too few? > I'll fix as many as possible during the SoC time frame, but I wanted to > set a realist

[Python-Dev] SoC proposal: "fix some old, old bugs in sourceforge"

2006-04-24 Thread Alan McIntyre
Hi all, I would like to participate in the Summer of Code as a student. At the moment it looks like the Python tracker on SF has about 2100 open bugs and patches, going back to late 2000. I'm assuming that a fair number of these are no longer be applicable, have been fixed/implemented already, e