[Python-ideas] Frequently Rejected Ideas Was: Deprecating rarely used str methods

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 11:25:41 +1000
Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang at gmail.com>
> writes:
> 
> > On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml at behnel.de> wrote:
> > > Tshepang Lekhonkhobe, 10.08.2013 12:36:
> > > > Anyways, what's the advantage of moving stuff [from official
> > > > Python documentation] to the wiki?
> > >
> > > That it can be edited by "normal" people?
> >
> > So, "normal" people are those who can't be bothered to report the
> > issue, and propose an entry (or a fix)?
> 
> Normal people are also those who want to avoid the requirement for
> reading and signing a legal document assigning special rights to the
> PSF, just to propose a fix.

I don't think we ask for a CLA when someone submits a 10-line patch.

The wiki would be a fine place for some kinds of documentation if it
were a decent wiki. As far as I'm concerned, wiki.p.o is such a UI
disaster that I'm totally reluctant to touch it (or even read it,
actually).

Regards

Antoine.