[Python-checkins] devguide: Suggest searching the issue tracker when proposing a new stdlib addition.

[brett.cannon]

brett.cannon pushed a7349a3ef0ad to devguide:

http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/a7349a3ef0ad
changeset:   106:a7349a3ef0ad
tag:         tip
user:        Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>
date:        Mon Jan 17 13:17:07 2011 -0800
summary:
  Suggest searching the issue tracker when proposing a new stdlib addition.

files:
  stdlibchanges.rst

diff --git a/stdlibchanges.rst b/stdlibchanges.rst
--- a/stdlibchanges.rst
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@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 by sharing the code publicly. You have a couple of options for this. One is to
 post it online at the `Python Cookbook`_. Based on feedback or reviews of the
 recipe you can see if others find the functionality as useful as you do.
+A search of the issue tracker for previous suggestions related to the proposed
+addition may turn up a rejected issue that explains why the suggestion will not
+be accepted.
 Another is to do a blog post about the code and see what kind of responses you
 receive. Posting to python-list (see :ref:`communication` for where to find the
 list and other mailing lists) to discuss your code also works. Finally, asking

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