On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 14:58, <josef.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Robert Kern <robert.k...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 14:42, <josef.p...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Robert Kern <robert.k...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 14:26, David Goldsmith <d.l.goldsm...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Robert Kern <robert.k...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:19, David Goldsmith <d.l.goldsm...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> > PS: please, if you don't mind, in the future post docstring >>>>>> > "complaints" >>>>>> > at >>>>>> > scipy-dev (numpy-discussion has many more subscribers, many of whom >>>>>> > probably >>>>>> > don't immediately care about any particular docstring problem, whereas >>>>>> > anyone who is working on the docstrings is - hopefully - subscribed to >>>>>> > scipy-dev); thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> numpy docstrings get discussed on numpy-discussion. >>>>> >>>>> Then is it just the Wiki and related issues that we ask people to discuss >>>>> @ >>>>> scipy-dev? >>>> >>>> I don't see a reason to do that, either. >>> >>> doceditor not moin Wiki, that was the policy that Ralf and David >>> followed since last summer to have all docediting questions in one >>> place. >> >> Is the volume of questions really so large to justify the >> inconvenience to the questioners? It's one thing to direct someone to, >> say, the matplotlib list when asking matplotlib questions, but no one >> is going to guess that they need to go to scipy-dev to ask a question >> about the doceditor when they run into a problem editing a numpy >> docstring. > > No, I agree with you, short questions can be answered wherever they > happen, especially if they are on topic. > > But, if it turns into a discussion about the internal structure of how > doc strings are generated, then maybe David can redirect the traffic.
I just don't see the reason for all that hassle, and it is a substantial hassle. You redirect people in order to get their question in front of the audience that can help them best or for truly off-topic discussions. As far as I'm concerned, questions about the doceditor, which drives the documentation for both numpy and scipy, are on-topic for any of either of the projects' lists. You don't redirect people just to keep things tidy. Mailing lists are messy things no matter what you do. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion