Re: [Python-Dev] python docs

2017-05-10 Thread Ethan Furman
On 05/10/2017 07:53 AM, Ethan Furman wrote: Why is python-list the place to send behavioral bugs to? It's been my experience that folks there will (rightly) ask the individual to file a bug on the tracker. Thank you for the abundance of answers. I am now totally on-board with such "bug rep

Re: [Python-Dev] python docs

2017-05-10 Thread Mark Lawrence via Python-Dev
On 10/05/2017 15:53, Ethan Furman wrote: Not sure where to ask about this, so I'm asking here. In the on-line docs, at the very bottom of a page, in fine print, is a link: _Find a bug?_ Following that link leads to a short page with some advice on how to handle it. Under the second heading [

Re: [Python-Dev] python docs

2017-05-10 Thread Terry Reedy
On 5/10/2017 10:59 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 12:53 AM, Ethan Furman wrote: Why is python-list the place to send behavioral bugs to? Where else? The people who would follow that advice are generally not registered on bpo and have no interest in the hassle of becoming

Re: [Python-Dev] python docs

2017-05-10 Thread Guido van Rossum
Presumably so newbies can get help on common issues that aren't bugs, or guidance on how to file a good bug report. Or search the tracker for duplicates, or to upgrade to a newer version. On May 10, 2017 7:58 AM, "Ethan Furman" wrote: > Not sure where to ask about this, so I'm asking here. > > I

Re: [Python-Dev] python docs

2017-05-10 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 12:53 AM, Ethan Furman wrote: > Why is python-list the place to send behavioral bugs to? It's been my > experience that folks there will (rightly) ask the individual to file a bug > on the tracker. > How many bug tracker entries do you want to see about mutable default ar

Re: [Python-Dev] Python docs about comparisons vs. CPython reality

2014-09-06 Thread R. David Murray
On Sat, 06 Sep 2014 13:34:37 +0200, Jan Kaliszewski wrote: > Are they bugs in the Python docs or just some CPython implementation > details that are purposely not documented? (but then, again, some of > the docs seem to be at least not precise...): You might want to read http://bugs.python.org/i

Re: [Python-Dev] python docs website not accessible!

2008-10-02 Thread Aahz
On Thu, Oct 02, 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I'm not sure, if this is the right place to post. The python-docs on >www.python.org are not accessible. This is definitely the wrong place to post. As usual for most sites, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is the right place. But please don't bother, we've al