Re: [Python-Dev] http://pythonmentors.com/

2012-02-23 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Brian Curtin writes: > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 01:15, Stephen J. Turnbull > wrote: > > Brian Curtin writes: > > > >  > If you want to contribute to development, I think you'll know that a > >  > link about development is relevant. > > > > For values of "you" in "experienced programmers",

Re: [Python-Dev] http://pythonmentors.com/

2012-02-22 Thread Brian Curtin
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 01:15, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > Brian Curtin writes: > >  > If you want to contribute to development, I think you'll know that a >  > link about development is relevant. > > For values of "you" in "experienced programmers", yes.  But > translators and tech writers don't

Re: [Python-Dev] http://pythonmentors.com/

2012-02-22 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Brian Curtin writes: > If you want to contribute to development, I think you'll know that a > link about development is relevant. For values of "you" in "experienced programmers", yes. But translators and tech writers don't consider what they do to be "development." __

Re: [Python-Dev] http://pythonmentors.com/

2012-02-22 Thread Brian Curtin
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 18:21, Éric Araujo wrote: > Le 11/02/2012 12:00, Eli Bendersky a écrit : >> Well, I think the situation is pretty good now. If one goes to >> python.org and is interested in contributing, clicking on the "Core >> Development" link is a sensible step, right? > > Maybe, depen

Re: [Python-Dev] http://pythonmentors.com/

2012-02-22 Thread Éric Araujo
Le 11/02/2012 12:00, Eli Bendersky a écrit : > Well, I think the situation is pretty good now. If one goes to > python.org and is interested in contributing, clicking on the "Core > Development" link is a sensible step, right? Maybe, depending on your knowledge of jargon. How about rewording that

Re: [Python-Dev] http://pythonmentors.com/

2012-02-12 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Eli Bendersky writes: > Well, I think the situation is pretty good now. I agree, but improvement is always possible. > If one goes to python.org and is interested in contributing, > clicking on the "Core Development" link is a sensible step, right? Maybe. But a lot of the "Core Dev" links

Re: [Python-Dev] http://pythonmentors.com/

2012-02-11 Thread Eli Bendersky
> Eli, quite frankly no :( > > The stock answer "put it on the main page at python.org" if actually > followed up in all cases would result in something unreadable, as the page > would be too noisy and displayed in something like Palatino size 1 (if there > is such a thing). > > I'm just crossing m

Re: [Python-Dev] http://pythonmentors.com/

2012-02-11 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 11/02/2012 03:14, Eli Bendersky wrote: On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 03:38, Jesse Noller wrote: I've been trying to publicize it on twitter, my blog, google plus and elsewhere. help welcome. It also appears in the first paragraph of "Contributing" in the dev guide - which is pointed to by the

Re: [Python-Dev] http://pythonmentors.com/

2012-02-10 Thread Eli Bendersky
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 08:27, Nick Coghlan wrote: > On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Eli Bendersky wrote: >> Mark, do you have a concrete idea of how it can be made more prominent? > > Mark didn't know about it because the core-mentorship list didn't > exist yet in the timeframe he's talking abo

Re: [Python-Dev] http://pythonmentors.com/

2012-02-10 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Eli Bendersky wrote: > Mark, do you have a concrete idea of how it can be made more prominent? Mark didn't know about it because the core-mentorship list didn't exist yet in the timeframe he's talking about :) Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan   |   ncogh...@gmail.

Re: [Python-Dev] http://pythonmentors.com/

2012-02-10 Thread Eli Bendersky
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 03:38, Jesse Noller wrote: > I've been trying to publicize it on twitter, my blog, google plus and > elsewhere. > > help welcome. > It also appears in the first paragraph of "Contributing" in the dev guide - which is pointed to by the main page at python.org (Core Develop

Re: [Python-Dev] http://pythonmentors.com/

2012-02-10 Thread Jesse Noller
I've been trying to publicize it on twitter, my blog, google plus and elsewhere. help welcome. On Friday, February 10, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd never heard of this until some Dutch geezer whose name I'm now > forgotten pointed me to it. Had I known about it