Improving Python docs (was Re: OpenSource documentation problems)

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.122.1125889737.4249.python-list at python.org>,
Steve Holden  <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:
>Aahz wrote:
>> In article <mailman.28.1125631184.4249.python-list at python.org>,
>> Steve Holden  <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:
>.> 
>>>Bear in mind that the PSF made its very first grants last year. The 
>>>reason none of those grants was awarded to a documentation project was 
>>>that the (volunteer) Grants Committee and helpers didn't see any 
>>>documentation projects worthy of support. 
>> 
>> Really?  And what exactly is "Software Engineering with Python for
>> Scientist and Engineers" if not a documentation project?  It may not be
>> the kind of documentation people are talking about in this thread, but it
>> certainly is documentation.
>
>Sigh. Fine. Any more nits you'd like to pick?

<scratch head>  Why are you calling this a nit?  It is direct proof that
the PSF is prepared to allocate financial resources to improve the Python
documentation.  We only await people to take up the challenge.
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The way to build large Python applications is to componentize and
loosely-couple the hell out of everything.