[Python-Dev] Update to PEP 1 re: content type

[Terry Reedy]

On 10/13/2016 4:38 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> On Oct 13, 2016, at 01:32 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
>> Confirming, +1 from me. Barry, Nick? You two are the most active
>> authors of PEP 1.
>
> +1 for text/x-rst being the preferred.  We'd need some time to make it the
> default, but I'm generally in favor of that happening.

The major issue is making knowledge of rst and sphinx a requirement for 
submitting a PEP.  I suggest making sure that PEP 1 exemplifies the 
preferred usage of rst in PEPs and then suggesting using it as  model.

A related issue is plain text for posting.  Initial pre-drafts can be 
posted to python-ideas before being marked up.  Other than copying the 
browser display of the .html conversion (which requires a bit of cleanup 
after pasting), what is the easiest way to get post-markup plain text?

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Terry Jan Reedy