Re: [Python-Dev] Beta version of the new devguide

2011-01-28 Thread Brett Cannon
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 22:52, Eli Bendersky wrote: > On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 03:08, Brett Cannon wrote: >> http://docs.python.org/devguide/ >> >> If you are a core developer and have a correction you want to make you >> can simply check out the devguide yourself (link is in the Resources >> sect

Re: [Python-Dev] Beta version of the new devguide

2011-01-27 Thread Eli Bendersky
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 03:08, Brett Cannon wrote: > http://docs.python.org/devguide/ > > If you are a core developer and have a correction you want to make you > can simply check out the devguide yourself (link is in the Resources > section of the devguide) and make the corrections yourself. Othe

Re: [Python-Dev] Beta version of the new devguide

2011-01-24 Thread Brett Cannon
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 07:46, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:08:00 -0800 > Brett Cannon wrote: >> >> Two, what should the final URL be? Georg picked the current one and I >> am happy with it. > > Ditto for me. > >> Three, where should it be linked from? docs.python.org homepage?

Re: [Python-Dev] Beta version of the new devguide

2011-01-24 Thread Brett Cannon
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 07:33, Nick Coghlan wrote: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >> On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:33:07 +1000 >> Nick Coghlan wrote: >>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 6:22 AM, Brett Cannon wrote: >>> >> In "Getting Set Up" it describes how to build a pydebug build.

Re: [Python-Dev] Beta version of the new devguide

2011-01-24 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:08:00 -0800 Brett Cannon wrote: > > Two, what should the final URL be? Georg picked the current one and I > am happy with it. Ditto for me. > Three, where should it be linked from? docs.python.org homepage? > Four, what to do with www.python.org/dev/? Redirect for all the

Re: [Python-Dev] Beta version of the new devguide

2011-01-24 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:33:07 +1000 > Nick Coghlan wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 6:22 AM, Brett Cannon wrote: >> >> In "Getting Set Up" it describes how to build a pydebug build. Is that >> >> really necessary for those who plan only to

Re: [Python-Dev] Beta version of the new devguide

2011-01-24 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:33:07 +1000 Nick Coghlan wrote: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 6:22 AM, Brett Cannon wrote: > >> In "Getting Set Up" it describes how to build a pydebug build. Is that > >> really necessary for those who plan only to contribute by working on > >> pure Python code? > >> > > > > Y

Re: [Python-Dev] Beta version of the new devguide

2011-01-24 Thread Mark Summerfield
Hi Brett, On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:08:00 -0800 Brett Cannon wrote: > http://docs.python.org/devguide/ Personally, I found the first paragraph of "Contributing" a bit off-putting. How about replacing: People who wish to contribute to Python must read the following documents in the order p

Re: [Python-Dev] Beta version of the new devguide

2011-01-24 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 6:22 AM, Brett Cannon wrote: >> In "Getting Set Up" it describes how to build a pydebug build. Is that >> really necessary for those who plan only to contribute by working on >> pure Python code? >> > > Yes, there is actually a laundry list of reasons even people only > wor

Re: [Python-Dev] Beta version of the new devguide

2011-01-23 Thread Michael Foord
On 23/01/2011 20:22, Brett Cannon wrote: [snip...] I had a quick skim over the rest and got the feeling that no clear distinction is made between C and Python work. Personally, I feel that more of a distinction should be made since not everyone will be confident or interested in C. (And maybe mo

Re: [Python-Dev] Beta version of the new devguide

2011-01-23 Thread Brett Cannon
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 23:56, Mark Summerfield wrote: > Hi Brett, > > On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:08:00 -0800 > Brett Cannon wrote: >> http://docs.python.org/devguide/ > > Personally, I found the first paragraph of "Contributing" a bit > off-putting. > > How about replacing: > >    People who wish to

Re: [Python-Dev] Beta version of the new devguide

2011-01-22 Thread Brett Cannon
And I forgot to mention I also plan to edit the help text on the various fields on the issue tracker to point to the triaging doc. On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 17:08, Brett Cannon wrote: > http://docs.python.org/devguide/ > > If you are a core developer and have a correction you want to make you > can