PEP: Procedure for Adding New Modules (please comment)

[Thomas Wouters]

On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 03:34:52PM +0000, Paul Winkler wrote:

> > This is an area where community contributions are almost non-existent. 
> > If anyone is looking for a low-commitment way to help Python out, pick
> > your favorite library module and contribute some good tests for it! 
> > There's a decent orientation Lib/test/REAMDE to help you get started. 
> > The regrtest.py framework is baroque and inadequately documented, but it
> > can run both unittest- and doctest-based tests in natural ways now.

> This sounds like a good idea. In fact I think I'll do that. Should we work
> from CVS, or is Python 2.1 OK?

CVS is always best, since a number of tests were added since 2.1. It also
gives you an excuse to check out the cool new features in 2.2: iterators and
generators :)

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Thomas Wouters <thomas at xs4all.net>

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