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

[Guido van Rossum]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 10:02 AM, William Dode <wilk at flibuste.net> wrote:
> On 20-02-2009, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 3:21 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
>>> Georg Brandl <g.brandl <at> gmx.net> writes:
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> And it's vendor-neutral :-)
>>
>> Touche.
>>
>> I still don't like wikis for this purpose very much -- a person
>> editing effectively grabs a lock on the whole file. (Wikimedia
>> addresses this to some extend by allowing sections to be edited, but I
>> don't see this feature in moinmoin yet, and I don't see us switching.)
>> Also there is no access control -- anyone who can create a login can
>> edit.
>
> Isn't it the good oportunity to try a DVCS ?

That was my original suggestion, yes, but Stephen Turnbull suggested
Google Docs instead.

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