TONYC Grant Report March 2026

[email protected] (Tony Cook) Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:08:18 +1000
Newsgroups perl.perl5.porters
Message-ID <[email protected]>
[Hours]         [Activity]
2026/03/02      Monday
 1.55           #24228 follow-up comment, check updates, research and
                comment
 0.75           #24187 review updates, mark comment resolved, research
 0.97           #24242 review, research
 0.40           #24242 debugging and comment
 1.02           #24001 debugging, research, testing
=====
 4.69

2026/03/03      Tuesday
 0.15           #24242 review dicsussion
 0.10           #24211 review discussion and apply to blead
 0.53           #24242 comment
 0.23           #24239 review and comment
 0.18           #24223 review and approve
 0.40           #24244 review and comment
 0.58           #24245 review and approve
 0.07           #24247 review, existing comments seem fine
 0.50           #24187 review more, comments
 0.08           #24244 review update and approve
 0.23           #24195 research
=====
 3.05

2026/03/04      Wednesday
 0.88           #24252 review, research and comments
 0.75           #24251 review, research and comments
 0.90           #24253 review, comments
 0.12           #24239 review updates and approve
 0.28           #24208 comment with guide to update
 0.15           #24208 review update and approve
=====
 3.08

2026/03/05      Thursday
 0.68           #24254 review and comments
 0.18           #24256 review and approve
 0.13           #24247 check CI results and restart an apparent spurious
                failure
 0.18           #24241 review CI failures and comment
 0.40           #24228 compare to #24252 behaviour, testing
=====
 1.57

2026/03/09      Monday
 0.33           #24254 review updates and approve
 0.40           #24253 review updates and comment
 1.38           #24252 review updates and comments, research, testing and
                follow-up
 0.68           #24105 rebase, testing
=====
 2.79

2026/03/10      Tuesday
 0.57           test 5.42.1 on fedora, looks ok, message on list indicates
                likely a local problem
 2.70           #24105 check everything covered, various fixes, testing,
                push for CI
=====
 3.27

2026/03/11      Wednesday
 0.88           #24105 check CI results, fixes, push for more CI
 0.57           #24187 review discussion, research and comment
 0.13           #24253 review updates and approve
 0.12           #24252 review updates and approve with comment
 0.23           #24228 review updates and approve
 0.15           #24252 approve with perldelta update
 1.15           #24001 debugging (what is PL_curcopdb?)
 1.20           #24001 debugging, research
=====
 4.43

2026/03/12      Thursday
 1.12           #24265 review, research and comment
 1.33           #24001 research, testing, needs some thought
=====
 2.45

2026/03/13      Friday
 0.82           research, email to list about benchmarking
=====
 0.82

2026/03/16      Monday
 0.10           #24208 review updates and apply to blead
 2.47           #24272 profiling, benchmarking, comment and work on bisect
 0.75           #24272 review bisect results, confirm bisect results,
                briefly try to work out cause, long comment with results
 0.32           #24287 review and approve
=====
 3.64

2026/03/17      Tuesday
 0.23           #24265 recheck and approve
 0.92           #24001 re-work, research and testing
 0.57           #24105 rebase and testing, minor fix and push for CI
 1.13           #24272 try to diagnose
 0.45           #24056 re-work commit message
=====
 3.30

2026/03/18      Wednesday
 0.40           #24105 check CI results, re-check, make PR #24294
 0.75           #24099 review, research and comment
 0.22           #24296/#24295 research and comment (both have the same
                problem)
 1.37           #24277 review, testing, comment
=====
 2.74

2026/03/19      Thursday
 2.05           #24227 research and comments
 1.22           #24272 debugging
=====
 3.27

2026/03/20      Friday
 0.53           #24251 research and follow-up
=====
 0.53

2026/03/23      Monday
 0.40           #24251 review updates, research and approve with comment
 1.22           #24304 review, comment
 0.15           #24313 review, research and apply to blead
 0.10           #24310 review (nothing to say)
 0.17           #24309 review, research and approve
 0.13           #24305 review and approve
 0.53           #24290 review
 1.32           #24056 more update commit message, simplify perldelta
                note, push and update OP on PR
=====
 4.02

2026/03/24      Tuesday
 0.32           #24318 review and review ticket, start workflow, research
                and comment
 0.08           #24301 review and approve
 0.37           #24290 more review and comments
 0.53           #24289 review, research current PSC and approve with
                comment
 0.38           #24288 review, research and comment
 0.18           #24285 review, research and approve
 0.72           #24282 review, research and comment
 1.23           #24290 review updates, testing and more comment
=====
 3.81

2026/03/25      Wednesday
 0.15           #24056 check rules, apply to blead
 0.30           #24308 review, research and comments
 0.82           #24304 review, research and comment, consider Paul’s reply
 1.55           #23918 string comparison APIs, research, open #24319
 0.13           #24290 review updates and follow-up
 1.50           #24005 start on perldebapi, research
=====
 4.45

2026/03/26      Thursday
 1.25           #24326 review and comment
 0.47           #24290 review updates, comment and approve with comment
 0.40           #24326 review, comment on side issue and approve
 0.28           #24323 review, try to find the referenced documentation,
                comment
 0.10           #24324 review and approve
 0.13           #24323 review update and approve
=====
 2.63

2026/03/30      Monday
 0.80           #24308 review updates and comments
 0.08           #24290 review discussion and apply to blead
 1.05           #24304 review updates and comment, long comment
 1.55           #23676 research, make APIs public and document, testing
                and push for CI
 0.60           #24187 review updates
 1.08           #24187 testing, comment
=====
 5.16

2026/03/31      Tuesday
 1.22           #23676 comment, comment on PR regarding qerror() name,
                research, work on perldelta
 0.47           github notifications, minor updates
 0.53           #24332 review original ticket discussion and the change,
                approve with comment
 0.23           #24329 review, research and apply to blead
 0.32           #24281 review, try to get a decent view, given github’s
                tab mis-handling, comment
 0.12           #24280 review, comments
 0.35           #23995 research and comment
 0.08           #24105 follow-up on PR 24294
 0.50           #24251 follow-up comment
=====
 3.82

Which I calculate is 63.52 hours.

Approximately 51 tickets were reviewed or worked on, and 6 patches
were applied.