[Python-Dev] Moving stuff out of Misc and over to the devguide

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:32:20 -0800
Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
> There is a bunch of stuff in Misc that probably belongs in the
> devguide (under Resources) instead of in svn. Here are the files I
> think can be moved (in order of how strongly I think they should be
> moved):
> 
> PURIFY.README
> README.coverty
> README.klocwork
> README.valgrind
> Porting
> developers.txt
> maintainers.rst
> SpecialBuilds.txt
> 
> Now before anyone yells "that is inconvenient", don't forget that all
> core developers can check out and edit the devguide, and that almost
> all of the files listed (SpecialBuilds.txt is the exception) are
> typically edited and viewed on their own.

Well it *is* inconvenient in the case of maintainers.rst, which is
often consulted casually for daily bug tracker work. Grepping
Misc/maintainers.rst is much easier than first having to find again
where your checkout of the devguide is, and ensuring it is up-to-date.

Also, I see no need to put the maintainers list in the dev guide,
actually.

Regards

Antoine.