Getting a patch accepted

[Tycho Andersen]

Hi all,

A couple months ago I found a bug in a corner of the curses library
(http://bugs.python.org/issue13051) and filed it. Unfortunately, there
was nobody listed to cc on the noisy list, so it probably got lost in
the shuffle. (There is even previous mention of this bug elsewhere on
the tracker, and on stackoverflow, so it does affect some small number
of people.)

Is there anyone else I can bother to get this patch applied?

Thanks!

\t

 

[Irmen de Jong]

Hi all,

A couple months ago I found a bug in a corner of the curses library
(http://bugs.python.org/issue13051) and filed it. Unfortunately, there
was nobody listed to cc on the noisy list, so it probably got lost in
the shuffle. (There is even previous mention of this bug elsewhere on
the tracker, and on stackoverflow, so it does affect some small number
of people.)

Is there anyone else I can bother to get this patch applied?

Maybe the folks over at #python-dev on freenode can help you out?
Also the dev guide has some hints on the 'lifecycle of a patch'
http://docs.python.org/devguide/patch.html

Irmen

 

[Rick Johnson]

Hi all,

A couple months ago I found a bug in a corner of the curses library
(http://bugs.python.org/issue13051) and filed it. Unfortunately, there
was nobody listed to cc on the noisy list, so it probably got lost in
the shuffle. (There is even previous mention of this bug elsewhere on
the tracker, and on stackoverflow, so it does affect some small number
of people.)

Is there anyone else I can bother to get this patch applied?

My friend, it seems as though you've exhausted all avenues and
explored all options. Now you need to contact upper management. I'd
dare say you should go further! Yes. I'd say you should contact the
great Guido van Rossum himself and bring this atrocious patching
system to his attention.

If no one in the community has the time to patch a bug in the source,
then by god GvR needs to step forth and earn that "Benevolent" scout
patch. I mean, he has the 20% time from Google for which he can do
whatever he likes. What did he think, we were going to let him veg out
on the couch watching re-runs of Monty Pythons Flying Circus! He'll
end up like Shatner for christ sakes! I want to see him mingling with
the masses and manning the trenches. I want to see him shaking hands
and kissing babies!

 

[Brian Curtin]

Hi all,

A couple months ago I found a bug in a corner of the curses library
(http://bugs.python.org/issue13051) and filed it. Unfortunately, there
was nobody listed to cc on the noisy list, so it probably got lost in
the shuffle. (There is even previous mention of this bug elsewhere on
the tracker, and on stackoverflow, so it does affect some small number
of people.)

Is there anyone else I can bother to get this patch applied?

Part of the issue with this taking a while is that there's no one on
the committer side of things that deals with curses.

For one thing, I see that the patch has no tests, so you might want to
add unit tests to ensure that your changes don't break anything else.
I left a comment saying that on the issue, so I'll get any updates you
make and can look at them.

Rick Johnson's response is, as always, pure trolling. I'd suggest you
ignore him.

 

[Andrew Berg]

...
I want to see him mingling with
the masses and manning the trenches. I want to see him shaking hands
and kissing babies!

I prefer these over-the-top responses over the more subtle ones. Much
more entertaining IMO.