:date: 2019-03-22 ====================== Friday, March 22, 2019 ====================== Python 3 syntax error ===================== I changed the following in the :xfile:`conf.py` files for book and welfare:: latex_documents = [ - ('index', 'lino.tex', ur'lino', ur'Luc Saffre', 'manual'), + ('index', 'lino.tex', 'lino', 'Luc Saffre', 'manual'), ] Yes indeed, `ur'strings' are a Syntax Errors in Python 3 `__. And I moved my default environment to Python 3 recently. It's funny that this didn't occur earlier (during :cmd:`inv bd`). It seems that Sphinx loads the the :xfile:`conf.py` in a way which does not cause the problem. It occurred to me only today when I invoked :cmd:`pp -l`. The :cmd:`pp` command now (since :doc:`0307`) loads the :xfile:`conf.py` file of every doctree. Why should a volunteer help us making Lino better? =================================================== Kishan asked a good question about my request on codementor: "Ok look interested but what is in it for volunteers apart from monetary benefits." You can use Lino as a framework for making money in the same way as I did since 2002. My basic formula with my customers is as follows: - Interview with the customer in order to check whether their problem is something for Lino. One aspect is the technical side: whether a Lino style application makes sense, whether I am able to write it for them. Another aspect is the financial side: they must understand the difference between free beer and free speach. During the first 15 years I worked successfully by offering fixed yearly flatrate contracts: the customer pays a given sum per year and for this they get my unlimited support. Since 2016 I also offer per-hour service where the customer pays for every minute of my time (support, analysis, code changes, write documentation). - If both of us have the feeling that they need a Lino, I write a prototype for them. They don't need to pay for this. Why should developers choose Lino ================================= Kishan asked on codementor: Ok look interested but what is in it for volunteers apart from monetary benefits. Yes, that's a good question. I needed some time to formulate the answer and wrote a new page :ref:`lino.dev.why`.