[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #5863: Rewrite BZ2File in pure Python, and allow it to accept

[Georg Brandl]

Am 03.04.2011 23:28, schrieb Nadeem Vawda:
> On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
>> On Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:55:33 +0200
>> Éric Araujo <merwok at netwok.org> wrote:
>>> I think we use Misc/ACKS for code+docs contribution like this one,
>>> Doc/ACKS.txt being used for doc-only changes.  This second file is not
>>> comprehensive nor always used though, so maybe it should be superseded
>>> by the former.
>>
>> Nadeem is already in Misc/ACKS.  I don't know what the policy is for
>> Doc/ACKS.txt, but since he added himself in the patch, I saw no good
>> reason for reverting the change.
> 
> I added myself because I assumed the policy for Doc/ACKS.txt to be the same
> as the policy for Misc/ACKS - if you submit a patch, add your name. Looking
> at the devguide, though, I can't find any mention of Doc/ACKS.txt.
> 
>> +1 for merging these files by the way.
> 
> Sounds good to me. The intro at the top of Misc/ACKS is pretty broad,
> thanking people for all contributions (not just code). Unless there's some
> plan to split the documentation off into a separate repository, I can't
> think of any reason not to merge them.

If we can get Misc/ACKS in a format that is includable in reST, I would be
+1 for a merger.  (That way we can still list acknowledgements in the docs.)

Georg