[Python-Dev] LaTeX and Python doc contributions

Thu Dec 22 17:44:42 CET 2005

Just a quick note based on some of the discussion on the Doc-SIG list:
Some people are getting asked to convert their documentation contributions to 
LaTeX themselves, and that *is* a barrier to contribution. I've generally 
stated that I'm willing to perform conversion, making plain text / ReST 
completely acceptable for documentation contributions. Others have commonly 
converted plain text to LaTeX as well.
I'd like to make sure that Python committers know that this is reasonable; if 
the only thing holding a contribution back is LaTeXification of 
documentation, feel free to assign it to me for conversion. I do not want 
LaTeX itself to cause us to lose documentation contributions; the hard part 
for documentation really is getting good content. Hard workers shouldn't be 
turned away. :-)
 -Fred
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Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at acm.org>