Re: [Python-Dev] Interesting blog post by Ben Sussman-Collins

2008-06-13 Thread Jean-Paul Calderone
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:22:42 -0400, Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] * small branches - we have a strict limit on diffs no greater than 800 lines. Yes we have exceptions, but they are rare and pre-arranged. Having such a strict limit really forces you to be disciplined, organ

Re: [Python-Dev] Interesting blog post by Ben Sussman-Collins

2008-06-13 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jun 12, 2008, at 11:41 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote: My colleague and SVN developer Ben Sussman-Collins occasionally blogs about the social side of (mostly open source) software development. He just posted a new one that struck a chord: http://blo

Re: [Python-Dev] Interesting blog post by Ben Sussman-Collins

2008-06-13 Thread skip
>> Let's all remember this and make sure not to drop "code bombs" on >> each other. :-) Benjamin> Ok! I'd like everybody to know that I'm working on Python Benjamin> tests on a Bazaar branch. [1] (That's only a bzr co Benjamin> --lightweight away.) Go ahead and send me angry e

Re: [Python-Dev] Interesting blog post by Ben Sussman-Collins

2008-06-13 Thread Benjamin Peterson
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:41 PM, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Let's all remember this and make sure not to drop "code bombs" on each > other. :-) Ok! I'd like everybody to know that I'm working on Python tests on a Bazaar branch. [1] (That's only a bzr co --lightweight away.) G

Re: [Python-Dev] Interesting blog post by Ben Sussman-Collins

2008-06-13 Thread Nick Coghlan
Guido van Rossum wrote: On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Neal Norwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ben mentions this in the post, but it's a good reminder: comments on python-checkins are *not* personal. The goal is to make the code better and/or gain better understanding. We all make mistakes,

Re: [Python-Dev] Interesting blog post by Ben Sussman-Collins

2008-06-12 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Neal Norwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My colleague and SVN developer Ben Sussman-Collins occasionally blogs >> about the social side of (mostly open source) software development. He

Re: [Python-Dev] Interesting blog post by Ben Sussman-Collins

2008-06-12 Thread Neal Norwitz
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My colleague and SVN developer Ben Sussman-Collins occasionally blogs > about the social side of (mostly open source) software development. He > just posted a new one that struck a chord: > > http://blog.red-bean.com/sus