[Python-Dev] python docs (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum gvanrossum at gmail.com
Wed May 10 11:08:27 EDT 2017

Presumably so newbies can get help on common issues that aren't bugs, or guidance on how to file a good bug report. Or search the tracker for duplicates, or to upgrade to a newer version.

On May 10, 2017 7:58 AM, "Ethan Furman" <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

Not sure where to ask about this, so I'm asking here.

In the on-line docs, at the very bottom of a page, in fine print, is a link: Find a bug? Following that link leads to a short page with some advice on how to handle it. Under the second heading [1] is this paragraph: If you’re short on time, you can also email documentation bug reports

> to docs at python.org (behavioral bugs can be sent to python-list at python.org). > ‘docs@’ is a mailing list run by volunteers; your request will be noticed, > though it may take a while to be processed. Why is python-list the place to send behavioral bugs to? It's been my experience that folks there will (rightly) ask the individual to file a bug on the tracker. -- Ethan

[1] https://docs.python.org/3/bugs.html#documentation-bugs

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