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Welcome! This page contains instructions for triaging Python tickets, which is something anyone can do and is a great way to get started with contributing to Python.
Welcome!
 
This page focuses on 3 types of triage: verifying bugs, reviewing patches, and reviewing documentation patches.
Python has a ton of stalled tickets, and in particular tickets that report bugs that haven't been confirmed, or that have patches that haven't been reviewed. Python needs more people triaging these tickets; want to help?
 
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== Overview ==
 
[http://docs.python.org/devguide/triaging.html This section of the CPython developer guide] details triaging tickets. Please note that any registered user can comment on a ticket, but one must have "Developer" rights inon the [http://bugs.python.org/ issue tracker] to update certain ticket fields.
 
If you don't have Developer rights, don't worry! Leave detailed comments on a ticket, and everyone on the [http://docs.python.org/devguide/triaging.html#nosy-list nosy list] will get an email. With your documentedtriage triagecomments, you've greatly increased the chance that someone who can update the fields will review your comments and move the ticket forward.
 
Also, if you do this for a while, you'll get Developer rights so you can make the ticket field changes yourself!
 
== Verifying bugs ==
 
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Often, someone will report a bug, but nobody will want to work on a patch for it until the bug is confirmed. Thus, confirming a bug is a big step towards getting it fixed.
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== Reviewing patches ==
 
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CPython committers are really busy, and they won't typically try to merge a patch until someone else has reviewed it. Thus, reviewing a patch is a big step towards getting it merged.
 
CPython committers are really busy, and they typically won't typically try to merge a patch until someone else has reviewed it. Thus, reviewing a patch is a big step towards getting it merged.
 
=== Patch review checklist ===
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## If the patch includes tests, verify that the tests fail with the code changes reverted.
# Does [http://docs.python.org/devguide/patch.html#generation make patchcheck] pass?
# Is the patch accompanied by [http://docs.python.org/devguide/runtests.html new tests] that either exercise the bug or the new functionality?
# Do the tests impacted by the patch still pass? (The committer will run the whole test suite, but you can [http://docs.python.org/devguide/runtests.html#runtests run just the relevant tests])
# If functionality was added or changed, is the patch accompanied by new or updated [http://docs.python.org/devguide/documenting.html documentation]?
 
In most cases, code changes must be accompanied by tests before they will get merged.
 
=== Example patch review ===
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jesstess, thanks for your patch and tests!<br />
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The docstring for <code>parse_request</code> needs to be updated as part of this changeschange.<br />
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Other than that, the patch looks correct from my inspection, applies cleanly, and implements a straightforward solution.<br />
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== Reviewing documentation patches ==
 
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Documentation patches have some different steps from code patches. They don't generally require accompanying tests, and they should be inspected visually for correctness.
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The docs build cleanly with the patch. I visually inspected the changes in the built HTML docs and they look good. I also ran the modified example code from the docs and confirmed that it runs as expected.
 
I think this is ready for a commit review!
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