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Some tests require specific locales. Often non-default non-English non-UTF-8 locales. If such locale is not available the test is skip or ran in the dry-run mode. It would be nice...

I spent some time figuring out some useful search queries for Gmail that can also be used as filters (e.g. to assign label): * **Issues**: `subject:(Issue -PR)` * might miss...

enhancement
help wanted
github
good first issue

Currently we have: * a [developer log](https://devguide.python.org/developers/) * an [how to become a core developer](https://devguide.python.org/coredev/) pages As far as I know, there is no equivalent to the developer log for...

enhancement
project: triagers

GitHub documentation about verified commits: https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/about-commit-signature-verification We should advise contributors to sign and verify their commits. This way, we can be sure that they actually own the email address they...

enhancement
github
topic-git
guide-new content

Looks like the `Link check` step in the CI is broken. It has always been allowed to fail for a long time. Would be great to fix them all. Please...

help wanted
good first issue

**Describe the bug** Following the [setup instructions for macOS](https://devguide.python.org/setup/#macos-and-os-x) and installing all dependencies via Homebrew, building the optional module `_gdbm` does not work. **Expected behavior** Following the setup instructions, I...

The [Using issue tracker page](https://devguide.python.org/tracker/) seems to describe how to use issue tracker for people who want to report a bug and how to help triage issue. Seeing this is...

enhancement
help wanted
topic-issues
guide-new content

**Describe the enhancement or feature you'd like** There should be some documentation about the various code generation tools used in CPython, for example: - freeze_modules.py - deepfreeze.py - generate_global_objects.py I...

enhancement
topic-dev process
guide-new content

Currently our main resource targeting new contributors is midway through the index page: https://devguide.python.org/#contributing It would be nice if we could have more like a landing page for new contributors...

enhancement
guide-structure

Where: _When all of your changes are committed (i.e. git status doesn’t list anything), you will want to push your branch to your fork:_ `git push origin ` _This will...

enhancement
topic-git
guide-edits