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

[William Dode]

On 21-02-2009, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 6:25 AM,  <rdmurray at bitdance.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 at 01:12, Jeff Hall wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Not that I'm expecting to be working on PEPs any time soon, but just as a
>>>> different perspective, I would find the effort to open up Google docs to
>>>> be a much higher barrier to doing some editing tweaks than the dvcs case.
>>>> For the DVCS, I'd just write a little script that would (1) update (2)
>>>> open the editor on the file (3) do the commit/push dance when the file
>>>> was closed.  So for me it would be as easy as editing the file locally.
>>>>
>>>> So for my work style, a DVCS would be the biggest win.
>>>>
>>>> --RDM
>>>
>>> That's funny because I would expect that for most people it's the exact
>>> opposite... just create a gmail account... boom, done... I'm not
>>> necessarily
>>> advocating that but just saying that IMO, most people will find google
>>> docs
>>> to be the "fastest" and "easiest" solution.
>>
>> The ease of creating a gmail account has nothing to do with the point
>> to which I was responding (context which is lost from your reply).
>> That's setup.  I was responding to a point talking about in-the-moment
>> workflow.  A browser and a GUI javascript program are slower than a unix
>> command line based editor such as vim or emacs both to open up and to use.
>> Thus for me, by using a script to automate the part that the OP suggested
>> would slow the dvcs user down (the update/commit/push cycle), I make
>> the dvcs in-the-moment workflow much faster _for me_ than Google Docs.
>>
>> As I said it's a matter of personal style.  Some people _will_ find
>> Google Docs easier and more productive than a dvcs.  My point was that
>> not all people will.
>
> That's a discussion that can never come to a decent conclusion. We
> will never find a solution that works for *everyone*

Maybe not for everyone but maybe a DVCS could work for everythings.  
I mean, work for the code, for the doc, for the peps, for the website...  
And also the same tools for core devs and for occasional contributors.

-- 
William Dodé - http://flibuste.net
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