[$] Python gets a "Developer-in-Residence"

Backlogs in bug triage, code review, and other elements of the developmentprocess are nothing new for free-software projects; there is clearly a lotmore interest in creating new features (and the bugs that go with them, ofcourse) than in taking on the less-satisfying bits. For a large projectlike CPython, though, the backlog can seriously impede progress-potentiallychasing off contributors whose work falls through the cracks. In orderto address that, the Python Software Foundation (PSF) hasraised some funds to hireukasz Langa as the CPython "Developer-in-Residence". Langa will beworking to help clear the backlog, while also looking into other areas ofinterest to the PSF and the Pythonsteering council.