If you are working on Python it is very possible you will come across an issue where you need some assistance to solve it (this happens to core developers all the time).

Should you require help, there are a variety of options available to seek assistance. If the question involves process or tool usage then please check the rest of this guide first as it should answer your question.

Discourse
Python has a hosted Discourse instance at discuss.python.org. This forum has many different categories, most of which are open for all users to read and post. Those particularly relevant for help contributing to Python itself include:

Core Development for most general questions and help
Ideas to discuss new ideas for the Python language
Core Workflow for questions about the dev infrastructure and bots
See also

Discourse (discuss.python.org web forum) for more information on how to get started.
Mailing lists
Further options for seeking assistance include the python-ideas and python-dev mailing lists, which correspond to the Ideas and Core Development Discourse categories, respectively. The Discourse categories are generally more active and are the preferred venue for new discussions, but the mailing lists are still monitored and responded to. These mailing lists are for questions involving the development of Python, not for development with Python.ffdfd