Re: TONYC Grant Report March 2026

On Thu, Apr 9, 2026, at 7:08 PM, Tony Cook wrote:
> [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.

Thank Tony. +1 from me.

https://news.perlfoundation.org/post/maintaining_perl_tonyc_march_2026

-- Matthew Horsfall (alh)