[SciPy-Dev] More doc Marathon prioritization

[Warren Weckesser]

David Goldsmith wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Scott Sinclair <scott.sinclair.za 
> <http://scott.sinclair.za>@gmail.com <http://gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     >On 22 June 2010 14:33, Warren Weckesser
>     <warren.weckesser at enthought.com
>     <mailto:warren.weckesser at enthought.com>> wrote:
>     > I asked about "package/info.py" and "doc/source/package.rst"
>     back in April:
>     >
>     >    http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/scipy-dev/2010-April/014065.html
>     >
>     > My conclusion at that time was that both had to be maintained,
>     despite
>     > the apparent duplication.
>
>     Perhaps it's best to focus documentation improvements on
>     "doc/source/package.rst" until this issue can be resolved. The result
>     of processing "doc/source/package.rst" is what currently ends up at
>     http://docs.scipy.org and "faces the world".
>
>     As far as I can see, it looks like the contents of "package/info.py"
>     will need to be maintained by hand. Unless Sphinx processing becomes
>     part of the regular build process? However, I doubt  that complicating
>     the build would be worth avoiding the maintenance effort.
>
>     In any case, I don't think the content in "package/info.py" and
>     "doc/source/package.rst" needs to contain an excessive amount of
>     explanation and narrative - that surely belongs in
>     "doc/source/tutorial/package.rst"?
>
>     Cheers,
>     Scott
>
>
> Sorry, guys, I'm lost: I can't find either of those - complete 
> URLs/path-names, please.
>

Sorry, I was using "package" as a placeholder for any scipy module.  For 
example, if "package" is "linalg", there is module-level documentation 
in both scipy/linalg/info.py and in doc/source/linalg.rst (both relative 
to subversion trunk).

Warren

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