Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-09-08 Thread Laxmikant Chitare
Hi Team Python, It is really nice, motivating and encouraging to see people contribute to community in spite of the work load. "Thank you" is just not enough to appreciate your efforts. I have been programming in Python for quite some time and I am loving it more as days pass by. I have been

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-09-08 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 3:08 AM, Laxmikant Chitare wrote: > > It is really nice, motivating and encouraging to see people contribute to > community in spite of the work load. "Thank you" is just not enough to > appreciate your efforts. I have been programming in Python

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-09-08 Thread Brett Cannon
On Tue, 8 Sep 2015 at 10:11 Laxmikant Chitare wrote: > Hi Team Python, > > It is really nice, motivating and encouraging to see people contribute to > community in spite of the work load. "Thank you" is just not enough to > appreciate your efforts. I have been

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-09-05 Thread Guido van Rossum
Awesome! We need more people with those skills! --Guido (on mobile) On Sep 5, 2015 11:07 AM, "Yury Selivanov" wrote: > On 2015-09-05 1:27 PM, David Mertz wrote: > >> I have to apologize profusely here. Just after I offered to do this (and >> work even said it was OK in

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-09-05 Thread David Mertz
I have to apologize profusely here. Just after I offered to do this (and work even said it was OK in principle to do it on work time), my work load went through the roof. And now it's really already later than most of it should have been done. I'd still very much like to work on this, but I

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-09-05 Thread Yury Selivanov
On 2015-09-05 1:27 PM, David Mertz wrote: I have to apologize profusely here. Just after I offered to do this (and work even said it was OK in principle to do it on work time), my work load went through the roof. And now it's really already later than most of it should have been done. I'd

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-09-05 Thread Yury Selivanov
On 2015-09-05 2:23 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote: Awesome! We need more people with those skills! --Guido (on mobile) Great, we'll start today! Thanks, Yury ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-09-05 Thread Ryan Gonzalez
On September 5, 2015 12:27:26 PM CDT, David Mertz wrote: >I have to apologize profusely here. Just after I offered to do this >(and >work even said it was OK in principle to do it on work time), my work >load >went through the roof. And now it's really already later than most

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-09-02 Thread Yury Selivanov
On 2015-07-06 11:38 AM, David Mertz wrote: Hi Folks, I hereby volunteer to write "What's New for Python 3.5?" if folks on python-dev are fine with me taking the job (i.e. I ran it by Travis, my boss at Continuum, and he's happy to allow me to do that work within my salaried hours... so

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-07-07 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 7 July 2015 at 01:38, David Mertz me...@gnosis.cx wrote: Hi Folks, I hereby volunteer to write What's New for Python 3.5? if folks on python-dev are fine with me taking the job (i.e. I ran it by Travis, my boss at Continuum, and he's happy to allow me to do that work within my salaried

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-07-07 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Jul 06, 2015, at 09:32 PM, Raymond Hettinger wrote: FWIW, it took me 100+ hours. Doing this right is a non-trivial undertaking (in modern times, there are an astonishing number of changes per release). That said, it is rewarding work that makes a difference. Indeed. During distro Python

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-07-06 Thread Serhiy Storchaka
On 05.07.15 20:52, R. David Murray wrote: Just so people aren't caught unawares, it is very unlikely that I will have time to be the final editor on What's New for 3.5 they way I was for 3.3 and 3.4. I've tried to encourage people to keep What's New up to date, but *someone* should make a final

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-07-06 Thread Gregory P. Smith
On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 8:38 AM David Mertz me...@gnosis.cx wrote: Hi Folks, I hereby volunteer to write What's New for Python 3.5? if folks on python-dev are fine with me taking the job (i.e. I ran it by Travis, my boss at Continuum, and he's happy to allow me to do that work within my

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-07-06 Thread Ethan Furman
On 07/06/2015 08:38 AM, David Mertz wrote: I hereby volunteer to write What's New for Python 3.5? if folks on python-dev are fine with me taking the job (i.e. I ran it by Travis, my boss at Continuum, and he's happy to allow me to do that work within my salaried hours... so having time isn't

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-07-06 Thread R. David Murray
On Mon, 06 Jul 2015 21:45:01 +0300, Serhiy Storchaka storch...@gmail.com wrote: On 05.07.15 20:52, R. David Murray wrote: Just so people aren't caught unawares, it is very unlikely that I will have time to be the final editor on What's New for 3.5 they way I was for 3.3 and 3.4. I've

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-07-06 Thread Raymond Hettinger
FWIW, it took me 100+ hours. Doing this right is a non-trivial undertaking (in modern times, there are an astonishing number of changes per release). That said, it is rewarding work that makes a difference. Raymond [David Murray] I can tell you that 3.4 took me approximately 67 hours

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-07-06 Thread David Mertz
Hi Folks, I hereby volunteer to write What's New for Python 3.5? if folks on python-dev are fine with me taking the job (i.e. I ran it by Travis, my boss at Continuum, and he's happy to allow me to do that work within my salaried hours... so having time isn't a problem). If this is OK with the

[Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-07-05 Thread R. David Murray
Just so people aren't caught unawares, it is very unlikely that I will have time to be the final editor on What's New for 3.5 they way I was for 3.3 and 3.4. I've tried to encourage people to keep What's New up to date, but *someone* should make a final editing pass. Ideally they'd do at least

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-07-05 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 6 July 2015 at 03:52, R. David Murray rdmur...@bitdance.com wrote: Just so people aren't caught unawares, it is very unlikely that I will have time to be the final editor on What's New for 3.5 they way I was for 3.3 and 3.4. And thank you again for your work on those! I've tried to

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-07-05 Thread R. David Murray
On Mon, 06 Jul 2015 11:06:41 +1000, Nick Coghlan ncogh...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 July 2015 at 03:52, R. David Murray rdmur...@bitdance.com wrote: Just so people aren't caught unawares, it is very unlikely that I will have time to be the final editor on What's New for 3.5 they way I was for 3.3

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-07-05 Thread David Mertz
On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 6:06 PM, Nick Coghlan ncogh...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 July 2015 at 03:52, R. David Murray rdmur...@bitdance.com wrote: Just so people aren't caught unawares, it is very unlikely that I will have time to be the final editor on What's New for 3.5 they way I was for 3.3

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-07-05 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 6 July 2015 at 12:42, David Mertz me...@gnosis.cx wrote: I think I might be able to volunteer for the task of writing/editing the What's New in 3.5 docs. I saw David's comment on it today, so obviously haven't yet had a chance to run it by my employer (Continuum Analytics), but I have a