"Raymond Hettinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> In order to lower the barrier for reporting bugs, writing patches, and
>> handling CVS commits, I am writing up checklists for each and I will
>> put them up on python.org.
>
> -0 on the checklists.
I am more enth
> In order to lower the barrier for reporting bugs, writing patches, and
> handling CVS commits, I am writing up checklists for each and I will
> put them up on python.org.
-0 on the checklists. I don't think existing "barriers" are high at
all. The entries may be variously regarded as codifying
Brett> #. Gather important information
Brett> Info such as Python version, operating system version, etc.;
Brett> anything that might have influenced the code that lead to the
Brett> bug.
I'd change this to something more explicit:
# Gather important information
Thus wrote Brett Cannon:
How about:
> #. Report the bug on SourceForge_
Make sure your bug hasn't been reported many times already.
> Create a new tracker item, filling out the ``Category`` and ``Group``
> fields. Do not set the ``Assigned To`` or ``Priority`` fields. Upload
>