[ The correct forum is probably meta-sig. ] IMO, I don't see a need for yet another forum. The dividing lines become a bit too blurry, and it will result in questions like "where do I post this?" Or "what is the difference between python-lang@python.org and python-list@python.org?" Cheers, -g On Wed, 31 May 2000, Paul Prescod wrote: > I think that we need a forum somewhere between comp.lang.python and > pythondev. Let's call it python-lang. > > By virtue of being buried on the "sigs" page, python-lang would be > mostly only accessible to those who have more than a cursory interest in > Python. Furthermore, you would have to go through a simple > administration procedure to join, as you do with any mailman list. > > Appropriate topics of python-lang would be new ideas about language > features. Participants would be expected and encouraged to use archives > and FAQs to avoid repetitive topics. Particular verboten would be > "ritual topics": indentation, case sensitivity, integer division, > language comparisions, etc. These discussions would be redirected loudly > and firmly to comp.lang.python. > > Python-dev would remain invitation only but it would focus on the day to > day mechanics of getting new versions of Python out the door. > > -- > Paul Prescod - ISOGEN Consulting Engineer speaking for himself > "Hardly anything more unwelcome can befall a scientific writer than > having the foundations of his edifice shaken after the work is > finished. I have been placed in this position by a letter from > Mr. Bertrand Russell..." > - Frege, Appendix of Basic Laws of Arithmetic (of Russell's Paradox) > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > -- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
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