Re: [SPAM] Re: Switching to Discourse

On 15/07/2022 16:09, Rob Boehne via Python-Dev wrote:
> 100% agree – dealing with 5 or more platforms for discussion groups is
> a nightmare, and I tend not to follow any of them as closely for that
> reason.

I agree. I don't mind having to use Discourse if I want to take part in 
a discussion but 99% of the time I just want to keep up to date with 
what is going on. In that case I want the information to come to me - I 
don't want to have to hunt for it. Can there be an RSS feed for 
everything, not just PEPs?

Phil

> From: Skip Montanaro <[email protected]>
> Date: Friday, July 15, 2022 at 9:26 AM
> To: Petr Viktorin <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: [SPAM] [Python-Dev] Re: Switching to Discourse
> The
> discuss.python.org<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.python.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7Crobb%40datalogics.com%7C241da9f510764bf2ba8608da666df61c%7Cfc3d8cdfd6994f23ae232659c3da4749%7C0%7C1%7C637934919720701261%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=DThYDKE32GfsdNG9hlvthdjnl%2B%2BmnvPUj3lM9SnsjbE%3D&reserved=0>
> experiment has been going on for quite a while,
> and while the platform is not without its issues, we consider it a
> success. The Core Development category is busier than python-dev.
> According to staff,
> discuss.python.org<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.python.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7Crobb%40datalogics.com%7C241da9f510764bf2ba8608da666df61c%7Cfc3d8cdfd6994f23ae232659c3da4749%7C0%7C1%7C637934919720701261%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=DThYDKE32GfsdNG9hlvthdjnl%2B%2BmnvPUj3lM9SnsjbE%3D&reserved=0>
> is much easier to moderate.. If
> you're following python-dev but not
> discuss.python.org<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.python.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7Crobb%40datalogics.com%7C241da9f510764bf2ba8608da666df61c%7Cfc3d8cdfd6994f23ae232659c3da4749%7C0%7C1%7C637934919720701261%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=DThYDKE32GfsdNG9hlvthdjnl%2B%2BmnvPUj3lM9SnsjbE%3D&reserved=0>,
> you're missing out.
> 
> Personally, I think you are focused too narrowly and aren't seeing the
> forest for the trees. Email protocols were long ago standardized. As a
> result, people can use any of a large number of applications to read
> and organize their email. To my knowledge, there is no standardization
> amongst the various forum tools out there. I'm not suggesting discuss
> is necessarily better or worse than other (often not open source)
> forum tools, but each one implements its own walled garden. I'm
> referring more broadly than just Python, or even Python development,
> though even within the Python community it's now difficult to
> manage/monitor all the various discussion sources (email, discuss,
> GitHub, Stack Overflow, ...)
> 
> Get off my lawn! ;-)
> 
> Skip, kinda glad he's retired now...
> 
> 
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