On 2013-08-23, Chris Angelico wrote:
> I'm aware of that. However, I'm also aware that many people
> still read things online, even with a less-than-reliable
> internet connection. Hence the question: How many people
> actually do use the downloaded docs? Maybe it'd turn out to be
> quite high, bu
Ned Deily writes:
> In article <7wvc2xkjvz@benfinney.id.au>,
> Ben Finney wrote:
> > Chris Angelico writes:
> > > Hence the question: How many people actually do use the downloaded
> > > docs? Maybe it'd turn out to be quite high, but it's not an
> > > unreasonable question.
> >
> > I thi
In article <7wvc2xkjvz@benfinney.id.au>,
Ben Finney wrote:
> Chris Angelico writes:
> > Hence the question: How many people actually do use the downloaded
> > docs? Maybe it'd turn out to be quite high, but it's not an
> > unreasonable question.
>
> I think it's an unreasonable question. Wh
Chris Angelico writes:
> Hence the question: How many people actually do use the downloaded
> docs? Maybe it'd turn out to be quite high, but it's not an
> unreasonable question.
I think it's an unreasonable question. What would you accept as an
answer? Who could possibly be autoritative at esti
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Ben Finney wrote:
> Chris Angelico writes:
>
>> Also, how many people actually depend on the downloadable
>> documentation, rather than simply reading things online?
>
> Many countries do not have infrastructure that allows reliable, fast,
> low-latency internet
Chris Angelico writes:
> Also, how many people actually depend on the downloadable
> documentation, rather than simply reading things online?
Many countries do not have infrastructure that allows reliable, fast,
low-latency internet access 24-hours-a-day. Most countries's internet
infrastructure
On 8/22/2013 4:39 AM, Aseem Bansal wrote:
I do depend on offline documentation. I have both Python2 and 3's documentation
offline. A lot of people have 24-hour access to internet but a lot of people
don't have. And while moving around it isn't always possible to have internet
then offline docu
On Wednesday, August 21, 2013 11:25:44 PM UTC+5:30, rand...@fastmail.us wrote:
> I think, though, that if there's any useful information that can be
> obtained by reading accepted PEPs but not the documentation, or if
> things are explained less clearly than in the PEPs, that's a bug in the
> docum
I do depend on offline documentation. I have both Python2 and 3's documentation
offline. A lot of people have 24-hour access to internet but a lot of people
don't have. And while moving around it isn't always possible to have internet
then offline documentation is really helpful.
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On 22Aug2013 03:32, Chris Angelico wrote:
| Also, how many people actually depend on the downloadable
| documentation, rather than simply reading things online?
I do. It is outstandingly faster, and works when one is offline;
I always have a local copy of a 2.x and 3.x documentation set
as deskto
On 8/21/2013 1:32 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Aseem Bansal wrote:
Currently the documentation download includes a lot of things but PEPs are not
its part. I wanted to suggest that PEPs should be included in the download.
They are very much relevant to Python.
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:15 AM, Jerry Hill wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:55 PM, wrote:
>> I think, though, that if there's any useful information that can be
>> obtained by reading accepted PEPs but not the documentation, or if
>> things are explained less clearly than in the PEPs, that's
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013, at 14:15, Jerry Hill wrote:
> Personally, the only PEPs I've used as reference material as PEP 8
> (the Python Style Guide), and PEP 249 (the Python Database API
> Specification v2.0). If I recall correctly, one of the database
> adapters I used basically said that they were
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:55 PM, wrote:
> I think, though, that if there's any useful information that can be
> obtained by reading accepted PEPs but not the documentation, or if
> things are explained less clearly than in the PEPs, that's a bug in the
> documentation, and should be remedied by a
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013, at 13:32, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Aseem Bansal
> wrote:
> > Currently the documentation download includes a lot of things but PEPs are
> > not its part. I wanted to suggest that PEPs should be included in the
> > download. They are very much
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Aseem Bansal wrote:
> Currently the documentation download includes a lot of things but PEPs are
> not its part. I wanted to suggest that PEPs should be included in the
> download. They are very much relevant to Python.
The PEPs are kinda like the specs that Pyt
Currently the documentation download includes a lot of things but PEPs are not
its part. I wanted to suggest that PEPs should be included in the download.
They are very much relevant to Python.
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