On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 12:22 +0000, Michael Foord wrote:
> On 08/11/2010 12:18, Łukasz Langa wrote:
> > Am 08.11.2010 12:55, schrieb Michael Foord:
> >> On 08/11/2010 11:42, Senthil Kumaran wrote:
> >>> We can just customize our environments. It is easy.
> >
> > I already pointed out in my last post why that's not going to solve 
> > the problem.
> >
> >> Additional checks could be put in `make patchcheck` or a local commit 
> >> hook for hg.
> >
> > Automation always pays off. Simplifying the process always pays off. 
> > Providing yet another step to the workflow would be a move in the 
> > opposite direction*.
> 
> You mean `make patchcheck` isn't *already* part of your workflow?

FWIW, "make patchcheck" isn't mentioned on the "Python Patch Submission
Guidelines" here:
  http://www.python.org/dev/patches/
and doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere on the website.

I'm attaching a patch (to the website) that adds this to that page.

(snip)
Index: data/dev/patches/content.ht
===================================================================
--- data/dev/patches/content.ht	(revision 13459)
+++ data/dev/patches/content.ht	(working copy)
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@
   or documentation; it's better to use the same issue and
   keep all discussion in one place.
 
+* Please run "make patchcheck" before submitting your patch.  This is a
+  checklist of common issues with patches.  It will try to enforce whitespace
+  rules in the files you changed.  It will also remind you to run the test
+  suite, and remind you if you haven't edited the documentation, ``Misc/ACKS``
+  or ``Misc/NEWS``.
+
+
 Python Patch Style Guidelines
 -----------------------------
 
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