[Python-Dev] devguide: Add a doc outlining how to add something to the stdlib.

[Brett Cannon]

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 12:32, R. David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:00:10 +0100, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
>> On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:38:43 +0100
>> brett.cannon <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:
>> > +
>> > +Adding to a pre-existing module
>> > +-------------------------------
>> > +
>> > +If you have found that a function, method, or class is useful and you believe
>> > +it would be useful to the general Python community, there are some steps to go
>> > +through in order to see it added to the stdlib.
>> > +
>> > +First is you need to gauge the usefulness of the code. Typically this is done
>> > +by sharing the code publicly.
>>
>> Actually, most feature requests get approved without this intermediate
>> step. So I would suggest directing people to the tracker instead.
>> Only very large or controversial additions usually get refused on these
>> grounds.
>
> A new contributor isn't in general going to know when a small change
> is controversial without asking *somewhere*, be it a mailing list or
> the tracker.  Searching the tracker to make sure it hasn't already been
> proposed and rejected is, of course, a good idea.  Perhaps the
> 'search the tracker' advice is worth repeating in this specific context.

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