On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:17:51 +0100 brett.cannon <python-check...@python.org> wrote: > > > -One should always work from a checkout of the CPython source code. While it > may > +One should always work from a working copy of the CPython source code. > +While it may > be tempting to work from the downloaded copy you already have installed on > your
The difference between "downloaded copy" and "working copy" isn't very clear. The important difference here is between "official stable version" and "latest development sources". > -To get a read-only checkout of CPython's source, you need to checkout the > source > -code. To get a read-only checkout of > +To get a read-only checkout of CPython's source, you need a working copy the > +source code. To get a read-only checkout of Why talk about "checkout" at all? It's an SVN/CVS/RCS term, if I'm not mistaken (even though it may occasionally be used with hg, it's a synonym of "working copy" there). Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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
