Core developers# Responsibilities Communication channels and bug notifications Sign a contributor agreement Pull request merging Expectations Accepting pull requests Assessing a pull request Updating NEWS and What’s New in Python Changes that require NEWS entries Changes that require “What’s New in Python” entries How to add a NEWS entry How to write a NEWS entry Working with Git Seeing active branches Backporting changes to an older version Reverting a merged pull request Experts index Stdlib Tools Platforms Miscellaneous Documentation translations Developer log Procedure for granting or dropping access Motivations and affiliations Published entries Goals of this page Limitations on scope How to become a core developer What it takes Gaining commit privileges