[Python-Dev] A suggestion: Do proto-PEPs in Google Docs

[Georg Brandl]

Stephen J. Turnbull schrieb:

> FWIW, Google Docs is almost there.  Working with Brett et al on early
> drafts of PEP 0374 was easy and pleasant, and Google Docs gives
> control of access to the document to the editor, not the Subversion
> admin.  The ability to make comments that are not visible to
> non-editors was nice.  Now that it's in Subversion it's much less
> convenient for me (a non-committer).  I actually have to *decide* to
> work on it, rather than simply raising a browser window, hitting
> "refresh" and fixing a typo or two (then back to "day job" work).
> 
> The main problem with Google Docs is that is records a revision
> automatically every so often (good) but doesn't prune the automatic
> commits (possibly hard to do efficiently) OR mark user saves specially
> (easy to do).  This lack of marking "important" revisions makes the
> diff functionality kind of tedious.
> 
> I don't know how automatic the conversion to reST was, but the PEP in
> Subversion is a quite accurate conversion of the Google Doc version.

The Python Wiki should also be considered:

* Comparing versions is easy, and versions are only saved on "Save"

* It supports reStructuredText, so there is no need for conversion
  afterwards.

For PEPs drafted exclusively by committers, SVN is of course still the
best and simplest option.

Georg

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