[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Carol Willing added the comment: Thanks Zach :D Makes more sense now ;) -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Un

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Zachary Ware added the comment: Made a couple of other fixes while fixing the point I'd already raised: - Changed all instances of "`...`" to "*...*" - Changed from "PCbuild\python.exe" to "python.bat" - Wrapped a couple long lines Thanks for the patch! --

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 49be7fba3568 by Zachary Ware in branch 'default': Closes #17570: Improve instructions for Windows. https://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/49be7fba3568 -- nosy: +python-dev resolution: -> fixed stage: commit review -> resolved status: open -> cl

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Zachary Ware added the comment: Sorry, I don't think we're on the same page yet :). My issue was with a different hunk further down. Looking at it again, the fix I want is simple enough I'll just do it at commit; I'll get it later today. -- assignee: willingc -> zach.ware stage: need

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Carol Willing added the comment: Zach, Sorry for not comprehending your comment re: latest patch correctly. Since Rietveld isn't available on devguide, which makes comparison of patches difficult (at least for me), here's some proposed wording to see if I am understanding your comment correctl

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

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[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Zachary Ware added the comment: The part of the patch that I pointed out in my previous message hasn't changed, and is wrong. -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Carol Willing added the comment: Zach, Steve, Ezio: The latest patch is ready to be committed. Thanks. -- stage: patch review -> commit review ___ Python tracker ___

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Carol Willing added the comment: Steve and Zach, If you are happy with the changes, I have no objection to committing and closing this issue. -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Zachary Ware added the comment: In the patch: -add configuration settings to ``~/.hgrc`` for the relevant repo(s) (remember +add configuration settings to ``~/.hgrc`` (``mercurial.ini`` on Windows) +for the relevant repo(s) (remember This is nonsensical, `~/.hgrc` (`%USERPROFILE%\Mercurial.ini`

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Steve Dower added the comment: Looks like the patchcheck section also has a "PCBuild/python.exe" that should be fixed. Are the previous commenters satisfied with the fixes? -- ___ Python tracker _

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Peter Lovett added the comment: Also a similar change to patch.rst ./python.exe should be: PCbuild\\python.exe -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file40124/issue17570-2.patch ___ Python tracker

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Peter Lovett added the comment: Tiny change on case of Windows file 'mercurial.ini' Although Windows is case-insensitive on filenames, the file itself is named in lowercase (I'm using TortoiseHg v3.4.2; I'm assuming older versions of TortoiseHg also name it in this way.) -- nosy: +Pete

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Carol Willing added the comment: Updated patch to include Steve Dower's feedback. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file40043/iss17570v2.patch ___ Python tracker ___

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Steve Dower added the comment: Right at the end of the patch, ".hg/hgrc" also exists on Windows and is not the same as mercurial.ini - hgrc here is per-repo and it seems from the context that this is relevant here. Otherwise, the rest looks good to me. I'll merge it in when I get a chance, un

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Carol Willing added the comment: This patch addresses Ezio's original issue in msg185482 to improve the Windows instructions on the "committing" page of the devguide. I have tried to match the style of the "Getting Started" page when distinguishing UNIX (Mac OS X) commands from Windows command

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

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[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Zachary Ware added the comment: As previously pointed out, the current patches are not adequate. -- stage: patch review -> needs patch ___ Python tracker ___

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Zachary Ware added the comment: What about adding a new "Platform Quirks" page listing all the known differences in usage between the three major platforms? Then in places where the instructions are a bit different per platform, like: ./python.exe -m test -j3 write something like -m t

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

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[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Andrew Svetlov added the comment: Sorry, but you cannot just rewrite ./python.exe to just python.exe At least in http://docs.python.org/devguide/buildbots you have to make probably three sections: 1. for linux users to use just ./python 2. for Mac ./python.exe 3. for Windows /PCBuild/python.ex

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Volodymyr Bezkostnyy added the comment: Revert changes for Mac OS X -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file29710/issue17570.diff ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Georg Brandl added the comment: At least two of the changes in the patch are incorrect because they refer to the Mac OS X "python.exe". -- nosy: +georg.brandl ___ Python tracker ___

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

Volodymyr Bezkostnyy added the comment: Deleted ./ before python.exe -- keywords: +patch nosy: +asvetlov, webwin Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file29703/issue17570.diff ___ Python tracker _

[issue17570] Improve devguide Windows instructions

New submission from Ezio Melotti: This is a follow up of #14468, and in particular of msg183031. The instructions in the "committing" page of the devguide are unix-centric, in particular: 1) on Windows ~/.hgrc is $HOME$/mercurial.ini; 2) the "Settings dialogs" of TortoiseHG can/should be us