Re: TONYC Grant Report July 2026

On Thu, Aug 6, 2026, at 8:39 PM, Tony Cook wrote:
> [Hours]         [Activity]
> 2026/07/01      Wednesday
> 0.38           #23918 check A::H::XS fix
> 0.92           build as C++ thread
> 1.35           #23918 more ppport
> 1.03           #23918 more ppport
> =====
> 3.68
> 
> 2026/07/02      Thursday
> 0.08           #24518 check CI results after test merge and re-run failed
>                 jobs (strange errors on win32)
> 0.37           #24459 review updates and comment
> 0.83           #23918 more ppport
> 1.45           #23918 more ppport
> =====
> 2.73
> 
> 2026/07/06      Monday
> 0.35           #24511 comment
> 0.70           #24495 review updates and approve
> 0.18           #24459 review updates and approve
> 1.77           #24508 review, research (look at PPC, examples)
> 1.10           #23918 more ppport
> =====
> 4.10
> 
> 2026/07/07      Tuesday
> 0.78           #24525 review, research and comment
> 0.28           #24540 review and approve
> 0.35           #24532 review and approve
> 1.52           #23918 more ppport
> 1.12           #23918 more ppport
> =====
> 4.05
> 
> 2026/07/08      Wednesday
> 1.07           #24544 debug assertion failure, research and comment
> 1.90           #23918 ppport, got it mostly building, need some
>                 portability fixes, tests
> 0.93           #23918 checks on old perls
> =====
> 3.90
> 
> 2026/07/09      Thursday
> 0.23           #24544 review compiler runs and comment
> 1.33           #24304 review and approve
> 0.97           #24544 look into cause for warning
> 0.72           #24547 review and comment
> 0.68           #24549 try to reproduce, research and comment
> =====
> 3.93
> 
> 2026/07/13      Monday
> 0.95           #24549 research, testing and comment
> 1.35           #24553 and related p5p thread - comments
> 0.55           #24550 try to diagnose
> 1.03           #23918 more old perls for ppport
> =====
> 3.88
> 
> 2026/07/14      Tuesday
> 0.23           #24544 checks and comment
> 0.15           #24493 review updates and approve
> 1.92           #24508 review and comments
> 0.50           #24508 more review and comment
> 0.52           security #148: follow-up
> 0.80           #24558 review and comment
> =====
> 4.12
> 
> 2026/07/15      Wednesday
> 0.80           #24508 more review, research, comment
> 1.78           #24557 review, testing and comments
> 0.38           #23918 more ppport
> 1.23           #23918 more ppport - it compiles with 5.8.9, tests run
>                 (need more tests)
> =====
> 4.19
> 
> 2026/07/16      Thursday
> 1.10           #23918 extract test-dist-modules update
> 0.67           #23918 finish extract, push for CI, work on updating
>                 sv_num tests, review CI results and make PR 24560
> 1.00           #23918 adapting to DPPP strange Test::More emulation,
>                 debugging
> 0.10           #24250 review and approve
> 0.08           #24518 review and approve
> =====
> 2.95
> 
> 2026/07/20      Monday
> 0.18           #24572 comment
> 0.95           github notifications
> 0.08           #24560 make minor change and push for CI
> 0.68           #24241 review updates and approve
> 0.13           #24489 review and approve
> 0.45           #24451 review updates and comment
> 0.52           #24448 follow-up
> 0.62           #24572 RMG checks and comment
> 0.83           #24448 follow-up on failed lib/overload.t tests, testing
> =====
> 4.44
> 
> 2026/07/21      Tuesday
> 0.13           #24451 brief follow-up
> 0.53           #24129 research, comment and approve
> 1.48           #24557 review updates, testing and comment
> 0.30           #24562 review and comment
> 0.55           #24565 review and comments
> 0.15           #24576 review and research
> 0.32           #24576 testing, comment
> 0.13           #24585 review, research, check CI (still running)
> 0.18           #24572 apparently archives are updated - but not yet for
>                 me
> 0.10           #24284 rebase my PR
> =====
> 3.87
> 
> 2026/07/22      Wednesday
> 0.08           #24405 apply to blead
> 2.03           #24557 review updates, testing, comments, open related PR
>                 24589
> 0.10           #24163 went to review, but I already approved it
> 0.22           #24547 recheck and approve
> 0.55           #24508 recheck, minor comment
> 0.47           #24557 test some possible issues, comments
> 0.35           #24565 review update and comment
> 0.58           #24587 testing and comment
> =====
> 4.38
> 
> 2026/07/23      Thursday
> 0.08           #24549 briefly comment
> 0.53           reinstate const magic vtbls - make PR 24601 (more time
>                 writing commit message than code)
> 0.10           #24591 brief comment
> 1.87           #24557 more review, research and comment
> 0.32           sv_set_undef in builtin.c, push for CI
> 0.30           check CI results, debugging, put it off for now
> 0.35           #24565 expand on an unaddressed comment
> 0.80           #24549 work on a workaround and ask user to test PR 24604
> =====
> 4.35
> 
> 2026/07/27      Monday
> 0.15           #24557 research, brief follow-up
> 0.28           #24558 review updates and approve
> 0.12           #24576 review update and approve
> 1.18           #24448 review updates, testing and comments
> 0.58           #24492 review, testing and approve
> 1.80           #24582 testing, comment, research, work on a fix
> =====
> 4.11
> 
> 2026/07/28      Tuesday
> 0.08           #24619 brief comment
> 0.12           #24617 comment
> 1.72           #24616 debugging
> 0.62           #24617 review and comments
> 0.35           #24622 review and point to related comment in #24617
> 0.93           #24616 more debugging
> =====
> 3.82
> 
> 2026/07/29      Wednesday
> 0.30           #24622 review updates and approve
> 0.13           #24627 review and approve
> 0.12           #24623 review and approve
> 0.88           #24632 review and approve, notice an issue and open #24634
> 0.42           #24633 review, research and comment
> 0.30           #24635 review, testing and comment
> 0.37           #24623 follow-up
> 0.57           #24616 debugging
> 0.18           #24606 review and approve
> 0.47           #24602 research and comment
> 0.77           #24594 review, research, brief comment
> =====
> 4.51
> 
> 2026/07/30      Thursday
> 0.08           #24633 review updates and approve
> 0.62           #24617 review updates, research and approve
> 0.98           #24602 review updates, research and comment, approve
> 0.48           #24508 review latest, comment
> 0.58           #24060 rebase, testing
> 1.32           #24639 try to install, fail on dependencies, look over
>                 code and find an issue, write up on downstream ticket and
>                 short write up on perl5 ticket
> =====
> 4.06
> 
> Which I calculate is 71.07 hours.
> 
> Approximately 52 tickets were reviewed or worked on, and 1 patches
> were applied.

Thanks Tony, +1 from me.

https://news.perlfoundation.org/post/maintaining_perl_tonyc_july_2026

-- Matthew Horsfall (alh)