What it takes¶

When you have consistently made contributions which meet quality standardswithout requiring extensive rewrites prior to being committed,you may qualify for commit privileges and join the core team of Python.You must also work well with other core team members (and people in general)as you become an ambassador for the Python project.

Typically a core team member will offer you the chance to gain commit privilege.The person making the offer will become your mentor and watch your commits fora while to make sure you understand the development process. If other coredevelopers agree that you should gain commit privileges you are then extendedan official offer. How core team members come to that agreement are outlined inPEP 13.

Gaining commit privileges¶

After a candidate has demonstrated consistent contributions, commit privilegesare granted through these steps:

1. A core team member (submitter, usually the mentor) starts a poll(see thetemplate below) intheCommitters category on thePython Discourse.

   • open for 7 days

   • results shown only upon closing

2. If the candidate receives at least two-thirds positive votes when the poll closes(as perPEP 13), the submitteremails the steering council with the candidate’s email addressrequesting that the council either accept or reject the proposed membership. Technically, thecouncil may onlyveto a positive vote.

3. Assuming the steering council does not veto the positive vote, a member of the council or itsdelegate (approver, usually in practice aDeveloper-in-Residence) willemail the candidate:

   • A request for account details as required by🔒 python/voters.

   • A reminder about theCode of Conduct and guidance on reporting issuesto the PSF Conduct WG.

4. Once the candidate has provided the pertinent details, the approver will:

   • Enable the various new privileges.

   • Remove the new committer from the triage team, if applicable.

   • Add their details to🔒 python/voters.

   • Once the python/voters update is merged, regenerate the public team membershiplist atTeam log.See “Public list of members” in thevoters README.

   • Post an announcement in theCommitters Discourse category. The past few announcementswere in the form of a separate post on the already open topic withthe poll.

Poll template¶

While Discourse uses Markdown for formatting, the poll functionality iscustom and somewhat resembles BBcode. There’s a creator for polls in theUI (click the cog icon in the edit box toolbar and choose “Build Poll”).Here’s what it outputs, you can copy and paste it for your poll:

[polltype=regularresults=on_closepublic=falsechartType=bargroups=committersclose=2024-07-15T21:15:00.000Z]* Promote Basil Fawlty* Do not promote[/poll]

The important options in the poll builder set to get this result:

• Show who voted:disabled (public=false)

• Limit voting to these groups:committers (groups=committers)

• Automatically close poll:in 7 days (close=...)

• Show results:When poll is closed (results=on_close)