[issue13228] Add "Quick Start" section to the devguide index

2011-10-23 Thread Ezio Melotti
Ezio Melotti added the comment: Done, thanks for the feedback! -- resolution: -> fixed stage: commit review -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue13228] Add "Quick Start" section to the devguide index

2011-10-23 Thread Roundup Robot
Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 25f1c003ea01 by Ezio Melotti in branch 'default': #13228: add a "Quick Start" section to the index page. http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/25f1c003ea01 -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python tracker

[issue13228] Add "Quick Start" section to the devguide index

2011-10-23 Thread Ezio Melotti
Ezio Melotti added the comment: That's a good point, but I find the wording a bit long. The attached patch tries to keep it short and adds a link to the section that explains when and why it's python.exe. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file23509/issue13228-3.diff

[issue13228] Add "Quick Start" section to the devguide index

2011-10-21 Thread Ned Deily
Ned Deily added the comment: "./python.exe" is not a given on Mac OS X; that's only true if the file system you are building in is case-insensitive, otherwise it is "./python". Suggest rewording to: "(you may need to use :file:`./python.exe` on Mac OS X" ... -- nosy: +ned.deily

[issue13228] Add "Quick Start" section to the devguide index

2011-10-21 Thread Ezio Melotti
Ezio Melotti added the comment: Thanks for the feedback, here's an updated patch. -- nosy: +brian.curtin Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file23488/issue13228-2.diff ___ Python tracker __

[issue13228] Add "Quick Start" section to the devguide index

2011-10-21 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Antoine Pitrou added the comment: > New patch that adds a few more instructions for Windows/Mac OS. `make > test` is UNIX-specific, so I left `./python -m test`. > I also moved the section before the quick links, since it seems to me > more interesting that those links (you don't usually want t

[issue13228] Add "Quick Start" section to the devguide index

2011-10-21 Thread Ezio Melotti
Ezio Melotti added the comment: New patch that adds a few more instructions for Windows/Mac OS. `make test` is UNIX-specific, so I left `./python -m test`. I also moved the section before the quick links, since it seems to me more interesting that those links (you don't usually want to start

[issue13228] Add "Quick Start" section to the devguide index

2011-10-21 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Antoine Pitrou added the comment: You could replace "python -m test" with "make test", although it only does the right thing in 3.3. Otherwise, "python -m test -j3" would be friendlier to the reader I think :) +1 on the principle, by the way! -- nosy: +pitrou

[issue13228] Add "Quick Start" section to the devguide index

2011-10-21 Thread Ezio Melotti
Ezio Melotti added the comment: > + ``hg clone http://hg.python.org/cpython``; > I use http://hg.python.org/cpython#default to avoid cloning the 2.x > branches, that’s an optimization that can save some time and space. I think in the default case it's easier to get'em all. > +2. run ``./con

[issue13228] Add "Quick Start" section to the devguide index

2011-10-21 Thread Éric Araujo
Éric Araujo added the comment: + ``hg clone http://hg.python.org/cpython``; I use http://hg.python.org/cpython#default to avoid cloning the 2.x branches, that’s an optimization that can save some time and space. +2. run ``./configure --with-pydebug && make -j2`` Is make -j2 harmless on singl

[issue13228] Add "Quick Start" section to the devguide index

2011-10-19 Thread Ezio Melotti
New submission from Ezio Melotti : Attached patch adds to the index page a list of 5 steps necessary to set up Python and make a patch. These informations are currently scattered around a few pages and many contributors are already familiar with Mercurial and the process of creating patches,