On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 12:32, R. David Murray <rdmur...@bitdance.com> wrote: > On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:00:10 +0100, Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> > wrote: >> On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:38:43 +0100 >> brett.cannon <python-check...@python.org> wrote: >> > + >> > +Adding to a pre-existing module >> > +------------------------------- >> > + >> > +If you have found that a function, method, or class is useful and you >> > believe >> > +it would be useful to the general Python community, there are some steps >> > to go >> > +through in order to see it added to the stdlib. >> > + >> > +First is you need to gauge the usefulness of the code. Typically this is >> > done >> > +by sharing the code publicly. >> >> Actually, most feature requests get approved without this intermediate >> step. So I would suggest directing people to the tracker instead. >> Only very large or controversial additions usually get refused on these >> grounds. > > A new contributor isn't in general going to know when a small change > is controversial without asking *somewhere*, be it a mailing list or > the tracker. Searching the tracker to make sure it hasn't already been > proposed and rejected is, of course, a good idea. Perhaps the > 'search the tracker' advice is worth repeating in this specific context.
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