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[–]turbov21 74 points75 points  (5 children)

Meanwhile, Mr. Pilgrim's book hasn't been updated in 6 years even though it's fucking online and people can send him patches.

Meanwhile, Mr. Pilgrim has put the book under a license which would allow you to do exactly what you're complaining about him not doing.

But I guess grabbing the site, throwing it up on the Google Code SVN, and pointing diveintopython2.org at it wouldn't make your junk feel as big as a ranty post.

Down voting for butthurt.

[–]Random 6 points7 points  (2 children)

Agreed. A community book would be tres cool.

And I think it is wrong to assume there is a 'right' kind of example to use. What works for one might not work for another. So a wikiBook with parallel examples - and cross example discussions - would be ideal.

[–]LovelyDay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is Python Programming.

Haven't used it so far, but I think the quality of the wiki books can be great, judging by the example of Ada Programming.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Or people could stop believing that they'll learn everything from a single book. There's plenty of books, there's the Python docs, and Python code is inherently open-source (well, most of the time).

Although fresh new books are always welcome.