On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 6:33 PM, anatoly techtonik <techto...@gmail.com> wrote: > Making and testing a patch from Python checkout requires compiling > Python, which is not possible for Windows users.
That latter comment hasn't been true since Microsoft started releasing the Visual Studio Express editions. > We should add less > hardcore instructions how to use bundled diff.py for creating simple > patches like docstring, comment fixes or generating new testcases. > This will greatly reduce the barrier for starting with development. Given the length of Python's release cycles, diffs against released versions are far too likely to be out of date. We want diffs against the head of the relevant branch. People that can't check out and build their own version of Python are quite welcome to simply report issues without trying to fix them themselves. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
