improving the Python docs -- a wiki? copy PHP's model?

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Wed May 5 10:38:26 EDT 2004


In article <b16e4ef7.0405050516.4552c6c4 at posting.google.com>,
Stephen Ferg <steve at ferg.org> wrote:
>Stephen deleted someone's attribution:
>>
>> Is submitting a bug or patch to sourceforge really that much of a barrier?
>
>Yes, it is a significant barrier.  It requires knowledge of both Latex
>and a certain way of using diff.  There are many, many Python users --
>especially Python-on-Windows -- who are not familiar with these
>technologies and don't have the time to learn them for the sole
>purpose of making a contribution to the documentation.

Huh.  Fred Drake has said for years that plain-text contributions are
welcome.  I've submitted an SF bug to make that clear in the docs.  ;-)
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