Hi all,
now that twill seems to be getting some minimal press & some users (e.g
lots of bug reports lately -- thanks, I think ;), I'm trying to plan
a bit more. So, two questions:
1) what do you think of the current doc format? (reST-based all-in-one
page)
It seems like there are several types of twill users:
- non-Python programmers who primarily want to interact with
sites through the scripting language;
- Python programmers who want to interact with sites by using
twill in their own code, either by writing extensions or
by importing twill code;
- hardcore Python programmers who are engaged in monkeying
with fairly deep internal code.
I could reorganize the docs into a multilayered format, with
basic commands up front, some info on the Python interfaces
at the next level down, and then epydoc/reST based source-code
docs under it all.
What do you think? Is it worth the effort?
2) should I set up a Trac project site?
Right now I'm operating on the "solo developer" model, where
people send me patches and/or bugs by e-mail. darcs makes it
easy for people to fork twill and put their own patches in, so
there's little danger of my occasionally overloaded schedule
blocking personal development of twill.
If I set up a Trac site, then we would have editable Wiki
pages for user docs together with a bug-reporting system and a
milestone tracking system. I could even make the reST docs
editable by users.
The big advantage of a Trac site is that people could input
longer-term concerns and TODO items without feeling that they're
infringing on me personally.
The disadvantage is that keeping such a site alive takes a
bit of community effort, I *think*.
Again, what do you all think?
thanks,
--titus
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