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The Python developer's guide
* Our strawman was 'contrib.python.org'. * On [Discourse](https://discuss.python.org/t/refactoring-the-devguide-into-a-contribution-guide/63409/6) there was some debate suggesting that it ought to be 'contribute.python.org'. * I could also imagine 'contributing.python.org'. * I could also imagine...
The page https://devguide.python.org/developer-workflow/extension-modules/#updating-msvc-project-files has recently been updated with fantastic content. However, it currently only shows how to add a _built-in_ module for Windows, and not a separate extension module. We...
**Describe the enhancement or feature you'd like** Sometimes more than one people want to create PR for the same issue/ticket. How do we handle this situation? From my own experience...
The current [pre-commit install instructions](https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/setup-building/#install-pre-commit-as-a-git-hook) are listed before the “Compile and build” section: ```sh $ pre-commit install --allow-missing-config pre-commit installed at .git/hooks/pre-commit ``` This doesn't work before `pre-commit` itself is...
The Steering Council, on accepting [PEP 703 (Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython)](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-703-making-the-global-interpreter-lock-optional-in-cpython-acceptance/37075), said: > We want to avoid negatives in terms and flags and such, so we...
I write this issue as a feedback from Euro Python 2024 sprint to denote troubles I encountered as I contributed to cpython. **Describe the enhancement or feature you'd like** Missing...
I noticed several instances in which someone (typically a reviewer) suggests a change/improvement or points out other areas affected by the same issue, but those changes are deemed out of...
I got an email saying that https://about.readthedocs.com/blog/2024/07/addons-by-default/ affects us.
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/119786 moved a number of internals docs to the cpython repo. This makes good sense. We should slim down the devguide's internals section, and refer to the CPython versioned internals...
We can already incrementally make some of the contrib changes to the main guide (see for example https://github.com/python/devguide/pull/1467 and https://github.com/python/devguide/pull/1461 for earlier work). To better follow the language of [PEP...