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With the more stdlib modules getting frozen recently, it would be useful to have a section (or page) somewhere about: * what are frozen modules? * the different kinds of...

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topic-stdlib

use this way to enable sanitizers make unittest check Sanitizer failed; it use _cflags to check ``` _cflags = sysconfig.get_config_var('CFLAGS') or '' _config_args = sysconfig.get_config_var('CONFIG_ARGS') or '' MEMORY_SANITIZER = (...

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needs: decision
guide-new content
topic-test
topic-building python

# The Problem: Abandoned PRs I am wondering about whether it is helpful for contributors to help move forward pull requests where the original contributor seems to have lost momentum...

enhancement
guide-new content
topic-pull requests

The explanations how to create a pull request are incomplete. They should mention - That in general a news file is requested. - How this file can be generated using...

enhancement

**Describe the enhancement or feature you'd like** There are a number of places in the dev guide that still discuss how to do various development tasks (modify code, submit PRs,...

As brought up in a [Discourse committers topic](https://discuss.python.org/t/question-about-attribution-and-merging/4246/2), the devguide could be more clear about Pull Request attribution on GitHub. Specifically, in the fourth paragraph of ["Handling Others' Code"](https://devguide.python.org/committing/#handling-others-code), the...

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github
topic-pull requests

After merging #369, we now have Travis report when links become out of date. https://travis-ci.org/python/devguide/jobs/379412265 Several files need some clean up on their links. For those sprinting at PyCon, feel...

help wanted
good first issue

**Describe the enhancement or feature you'd like** In the [python-dev](https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/O3T7SK3BGMFWMLCQXDODZJSBL42AUWTR/) thread, Victor expressed frustration over lack of documentation of how to port/migrate a function that was removed. It would be...

help wanted

I replaced master/slave with parent/child or server/client in Python. I'm now replacing whitelist/blacklist with allowlist/denylist in Python: * https://bugs.python.org/issue34605 * https://bugs.python.org/issue41521 It may be nice to have a list of...

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guide-new content
topic-documentation

I do believe that each content on the site, should be evaluated by the viewers, and pythoneers. That's why I think there should be an evaluation, rating system for each...