Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython documentation and webpages
Mark, You got the ball rolling on this: Mark Asbach wrote: From my point of view, it would be very helpful to concentrate MacPython knowledge and information in a central place like www.python.org / http://wiki.python.org and replace all outdated information on the other web pages by a link to that central place. I would invest some time and effort in revising documentation. Bob Ippolito wrote: Are you the webmaster of pythonmac.org? If so, how is that page produced? is it static html? Yes and yes. If so, are you open to replacing it with a page that is better suited as the primary Front-End to the Python-on-OS-X world? Patches accepted ;) If anyone wants to deal with it, I'm definitely willing to dish out accounts. I think we have an answer: python.org does not, in general, have a lot of platform specific documentation, and we'd have to get the primary python folks to approve anything we want to put there. I think that makes pythonmac.org the best place for our new, improved, Intro Page for Python on OS-X. Mark, are you willing to coordinate the writing of a new page[s]? I suggest we have a basic intro, and then perhaps a decision tree under the heading: What version of Python should I use? That decision tree would include things like: which version of OS-X are you running? Do you need python 2.4 features? Do you want to bundle apps for others to use? etc. And, of course, we need a pointer to a FAQ in the Wiki. I'd also suggest that we break the pythonmac.org/packages pages down into separate pages, one for each python version. I think that will make it much clearer to folks coming to it which set of packages they should look at. Anyone else? -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/ORR/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython documentation and webpages
Bless you guys -- this is a very helpful-looking project. I'm ignorant, but I can write. If (for example) you want me to do any editing, or something like that, I'd be delighted to help. Charles Hartman Professor of English, Poet in Residence Connecticut College [EMAIL PROTECTED] *the Scandroid* is at cherry.conncoll.edu/cohar/Programs.htm On Jan 11, 2006, at 2:04 PM, Christopher Barker wrote: Mark, You got the ball rolling on this: Mark Asbach wrote: From my point of view, it would be very helpful to concentrate MacPython knowledge and information in a central place like www.python.org / http://wiki.python.org and replace all outdated information on the other web pages by a link to that central place. I would invest some time and effort in revising documentation. Bob Ippolito wrote: Are you the webmaster of pythonmac.org? If so, how is that page produced? is it static html? Yes and yes. If so, are you open to replacing it with a page that is better suited as the primary Front-End to the Python-on-OS-X world? Patches accepted ;) If anyone wants to deal with it, I'm definitely willing to dish out accounts. I think we have an answer: python.org does not, in general, have a lot of platform specific documentation, and we'd have to get the primary python folks to approve anything we want to put there. I think that makes pythonmac.org the best place for our new, improved, Intro Page for Python on OS-X. Mark, are you willing to coordinate the writing of a new page[s]? I suggest we have a basic intro, and then perhaps a decision tree under the heading: What version of Python should I use? That decision tree would include things like: which version of OS-X are you running? Do you need python 2.4 features? Do you want to bundle apps for others to use? etc. And, of course, we need a pointer to a FAQ in the Wiki. I'd also suggest that we break the pythonmac.org/packages pages down into separate pages, one for each python version. I think that will make it much clearer to folks coming to it which set of packages they should look at. Anyone else? -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/ORR/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython documentation and webpages
On Jan 4, 2006, at 2:51 PM, Bob Ippolito wrote: There's already two relevant wikis (python.org, pythonmac.org), what would a CMS do differently? I agree these work well. I keep reminding myself to start adding stuff :) BTW, what happened to the ReStructuredText as a formatting option on pythonmac.org wiki? I tried to add some Carbon documentation a while back in ReST, but it gave me an error. Docutils? See the problem is I already have some of it in ReStructedText. Regards, Brian Ray http://brianray.chipy.org aim:brianray34 ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython documentation and webpages
Mark Asbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-01-04 12:08: I would invest some time and effort in revising documentation, but since I'm dependent or your knowledge and experience, this is a call for discussion / participation. What is your opinion? I'm in a similar situation, I would like to spend more time working with Python but time constraints mostly forces me to do other things. Anyway, one of the problem I have when I do get the time is finding Mac specific info ... so I'm all for working for this and I'll help with what I can. Perhaps one way would be to use a CMS system like Drupal (or perhaps something that uses Python ;-) to let people work on this? jem -- Jan Erik Moström, www.mostrom.pp.se ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython documentation and webpages
On Jan 4, 2006, at 9:29 AM, Jan Erik Moström wrote: Mark Asbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-01-04 12:08: I would invest some time and effort in revising documentation, but since I'm dependent or your knowledge and experience, this is a call for discussion / participation. What is your opinion? I'm in a similar situation, I would like to spend more time working with Python but time constraints mostly forces me to do other things. Anyway, one of the problem I have when I do get the time is finding Mac specific info ... so I'm all for working for this and I'll help with what I can. Perhaps one way would be to use a CMS system like Drupal (or perhaps something that uses Python ;-) to let people work on this? There's already two relevant wikis (python.org, pythonmac.org), what would a CMS do differently? -bob ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython documentation and webpages
Bob Ippolito [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-01-04 21:51: There's already two relevant wikis (python.org, pythonmac.org), what would a CMS do differently? Nothing ... I just need to read the pages and realize that there already is a wiki there ;-) jem -- Jan Erik Moström, www.mostrom.pp.se ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython documentation and webpages
Bob Ippolito wrote: There's already two relevant wikis (python.org, pythonmac.org), what would a CMS do differently? What it might to differently is make it easier to maintain the main front-page web site, but I don't think we need it. Bob, Are you the webmaster of pythonmac.org? If so, how is that page produced? is it static html? If so, are you open to replacing it with a page that is better suited as the primary Front-End to the Python-on-OS-X world? I think that's the best place for it. python.org only has a very simple page for each platform, it's fine as it is, if pythonmac.org had a better page If you'd like to see it improved, there seems to be some interest in this group in doing the work. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/ORR/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython documentation and webpages
On Jan 4, 2006, at 3:02 PM, Christopher Barker wrote: Bob Ippolito wrote: There's already two relevant wikis (python.org, pythonmac.org), what would a CMS do differently? What it might to differently is make it easier to maintain the main front-page web site, but I don't think we need it. Bob, Are you the webmaster of pythonmac.org? If so, how is that page produced? is it static html? Yes and yes. If so, are you open to replacing it with a page that is better suited as the primary Front-End to the Python-on-OS-X world? I think that's the best place for it. python.org only has a very simple page for each platform, it's fine as it is, if pythonmac.org had a better page If you'd like to see it improved, there seems to be some interest in this group in doing the work. Patches accepted ;) If anyone wants to deal with it, I'm definitely willing to dish out accounts. -bob ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
