[Python-Dev] IDLE contributors and committers

[Georg Brandl]

Am 19.07.2010 04:22, schrieb Terry Reedy:
> On 7/18/2010 7:42 PM, Georg Brandl wrote:
> 
>> That phrasing implies that there is purpose behind letting issues rot.
>> Believe me that this is not the case.
> 
> This seems like a good place to mention that doc issues have become a 
> bright spot in the last few years, with a couple of days turnaround not 
> unusual for an issue ready for commit review. This is one reason I have 
> focused a bit on doc issues. It is rewarding.

Because it's usually easier to review a doc patch -- you don't have to
consider backwards compatibility implications :)

> As I remember, a reason to switch from latex to sphinx/rst was so that 
> more people could/would work on doc issues. That seems to have worked. 
> And I do not think it bad is the docs catch up to the code by getting 
> extra attention.

Yep, especially in Py3k where some changes were not really given enough
docs love.

Georg


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