[Python-Dev] syntax change justification

[Brett Cannon]

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Jim Jewett <jimjjewett at gmail.com> wrote:
> Nick Coghlan's explanation of what justifies a syntax change (most of message
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-October/082831.html )
> should probably be added to the standard docs/FAQs somewhere.
>
> At the moment, I'm not sure exactly where, though.  At the moment, the
> Developer FAQ (http://www.python.org/dev/faq/)  is mostly about using
> specific tools (rather than design philosophy), and Nick's explanation
> may be too detailed for the current Explanations section of
> www.python.org/dev/
>
> Possibly as a Meta-PEP?
>

What we need (and hope through some miracle to have the time for) a
doc that explains the steps needed to report a bug/submit a patch
(basically the issue lifecycle) and how to propose a new language
feature. That would clean up the dev FAQ into basically being a svn
FAQ, and then give us docs to point people to when they ask how they
can contribute.

-Brett