[Python-Dev] cpython (3.2): Issue 7391: Remove questionable and outdated HOWTO document with permission

[Georg Brandl]

On 19.03.2011 16:30, R. David Murray wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 13:57:02 +0100, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
>> On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 02:22:42 +0100
>> raymond.hettinger <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:
>> > http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/80ff78425419
>> > changeset:   68671:80ff78425419
>> > branch:      3.2
>> > parent:      68665:f832ca852329
>> > user:        Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com>
>> > date:        Fri Mar 18 18:22:28 2011 -0700
>> > summary:
>> >   Issue 7391: Remove questionable and outdated HOWTO document with permission from its author.
>> 
>> How is this questionable?
>> I found it quite useful when trying to warn beginners about anti-idioms.
>> Is there another resource which replaces it?
> 
> Indeed.  I spent some time a few months back updating a couple sections
> of that howto.  Perhaps the better thing to do would be to update it
> instead of deleting it (although I admit I haven't read through the
> whole thing....an issue was submitted for a particular section and I
> updated that section and the other one talking about the same topic
> (sorry I don't remember which one off the top of my head)).

+1.  (Also I don't understand why we'd need permission from an author to
*remove* content.)

Georg