On Feb 5, 2010, at 8:11 AM, mdipierro wrote:

> I got a private email from David and we have an idea:
> 
> 1) organize a wiki with the same table of content as the book. Each
> page will have an errata and a a faq.

I'd been thinking of that myself (so it must be a good idea!).

> It will include some parts of
> the book (when possible) and link the scribd book chapters when not
> possible.

Perhaps each wiki page could always link to the appropriate chapter/section, so 
it's always available for reference.

> 
> 2) integrate the above with a small web2py app that turns web2py
> docstrings into wiki pages. When users edit the wiki, the docstrings
> get updated, and I get a patch.

Interesting thought. I'm slightly skeptical (about editing docstrings outside 
the context of the source code itself, and about doctests), but at the very 
least the underlying goal is great: a way to quickly edit docstrings without 
going through a formal patch process.

> 
> What do people think?


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