[Python-Dev] "What's New" in docs

Robert Brewer fumanchu at amor.org
Thu Dec 11 18:37:12 EST 2003


I'd appreciate this, or something like it. At the least, it'd be nice to
have a link at the bottom of the current "What's New" that points to the
last "What's New", or to a complete index on another page.


Robert Brewer
MIS
Amor Ministries
fumanchu at amor.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy) [mailto:tdelaney at avaya.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 3:31 PM
> To: Python-Dev (E-mail)
> Subject: [Python-Dev] "What's New" in docs
> 
> 
> The recent posts, primarily from Keith and Steve (forwarded 
> by me) suggest to me that it might be useful to keep a 
> historical "What's New" section in the documentation, rather 
> than just for the current version.
> 
> For example, currently the table of contents in the python docs is:
> 
> Main Page
> Global Module Index
> What's New
>     1 PEP 218: A Standard Set Datatype
>     2 PEP 255: Simple Generators
> .
> .
> .
> 
> Would anyone see any advantage to having the "What's New" 
> section like:
> 
> What's New in...
>     Python 2.3
>         1 PEP 218: A Standard Set Datatype
>     Python 2.2
>         1 PEP 234: Iterators
> .
> .
> .
> 
> I use different versions of Python for different projects (in 
> particular, 2.1 and 2.3) and I think this would be a useful 
> quick reference.
> 
> Tim Delaney
> 
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