[Python-Dev] status of development documentation

Thu Dec 22 10:27:06 CET 2005

skip at pobox.com wrote:
> Fredrik> If you google c.l.python for the word "documentation", you'll
> Fredrik> find recent megathreads with subjects like "bitching about the
> Fredrik> documentation", "opensource documentation problems" and "python
> Fredrik> documentation should be better" among the top hits. But if you
> Fredrik> check the bug and patch trackers, you don't find many
> Fredrik> contributions. Something's definitely broken.
>> People find it easier to complain than to contribute. Maybe we should fix
> that problem...
>I very much agree that we should, and *not* by making it more difficult 
to complain ;-)
Could the PSF help here by offering annual prizes for the best 
contributions to the documentation, or wouldn't that be an adequate 
motivator?
regards
 Steve
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