[twill] query: docs, and web site.

sureshvv suresh_vv at yahoo.com
Tue Nov 15 23:13:38 PST 2005


Titus Brown wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> now that twill seems to be getting some minimal press & some users (e.g
> lots of bug reports lately -- thanks, I think ;), I'm trying to plan
> a bit more.  So, two questions:
> 
> 1) what do you think of the current doc format?  (reST-based all-in-one
> 	page)
> 
> 	It seems like there are several types of twill users:
> 
> 	 - non-Python programmers who primarily want to interact with
> 	 	sites through the scripting language;
> 	 - Python programmers who want to interact with sites by using
> 		twill in their own code, either by writing extensions or
> 		by importing twill code;
> 	 - hardcore Python programmers who are engaged in monkeying
> 	 	with fairly deep internal code.
> 
> 	I could reorganize the docs into a multilayered format, with
> 	basic commands up front, some info on the Python interfaces
> 	at the next level down, and then epydoc/reST based source-code
> 	docs under it all.
> 
> 	What do you think?  Is it worth the effort?
> 
> 2) should I set up a Trac project site?
> 
> 	Right now I'm operating on the "solo developer" model, where
> 	people send me patches and/or bugs by e-mail.  darcs makes it
> 	easy for people to fork twill and put their own patches in, so
> 	there's little danger of my occasionally overloaded schedule
> 	blocking personal development of twill.
> 
> 	If I set up a Trac site, then we would have editable Wiki
> 	pages for user docs together with a bug-reporting system and a
> 	milestone tracking system.  I could even make the reST docs
> 	editable by users.
> 
> 	The big advantage of a Trac site is that people could input
> 	longer-term concerns and TODO items without feeling that they're
> 	infringing on me personally.
> 
> 	The disadvantage is that keeping such a site alive takes a
> 	bit of community effort, I *think*.
> 
> 	Again, what do you all think?

+1

All good ideas...

How about svn instead of darcs?

Suresh




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