> No problem. I've been thinking about getting involved with python
> development for a while - this seemed a good place to start!

It is. You can also subscribe to the core-mentorship mailing-list if you want: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/core-mentorship

I've now committed the patches. Thanks for your contribution!

(if by chance it doesn't solve the issue, feel free to re-open it)