Re: Looking for Python GUI RAD of some sort

David Wright <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed 12 Aug 2026 at 20:58:56 (+0100), Chris Green wrote:
> David Wright <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Wed 12 Aug 2026 at 09:12:07 (+0100), Chris Green wrote:
> > > Anssi Saari <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> writes:
> > > > 
> > > > > The debian-python list may be a better place to ask the question.
> > > > 
> > > > Debian-python? https://lists.debian.org/debian-python/, Python packages
> > > > maintenance? Doesn't seem appropriate at all.
> > > 
> > > Yes, OP here, I'm a little confused by what the debian-python list
> > > actually is. The naming of the list itself versus what Gmane appears
> > > to call it is somewhat difficult to understand.
> > 
> > https://lists.debian.org/debian-python/ says:
> > 
> >  "Python packages maintenance
> >   Discussion of issues related to Python on Debian systems
> >   with a stress on packaging standards. Therefore relevant
> >   for maintainers of Python related packages."
> > 
> > which seems clear enough. So what does Gmane call it?
> > And who writes its description?
> > 
> It's clear in the description above but not in its name which is
> presumably why it was recommended to me for my original question
> here.

Jeff has already given his explanation.

> It seems (from its same) to be a general list for discussing
> using Python on Debian.

It is, Python _on Debian_, ie what the Debian distribution distributes
and how. I think there are in excess of 6000 python* packages in trixie—
quite a feat of packaging. But Debian lists don't support users for
the languages they package—that would be pointless as there are lists
and newsgroups outside Debian for that.

A google search of python gui rad throws up most of the suggestions
made here, and produces hits that will take you into discussions of
the language rather than how Debian packages and distributes all the
bits and pieces. The same applies with other major languages and
subsystems (like tex, *office, X, etc.).

> The Gmane name is actually rather better - linux.debian.maint.python.

The necessity for a hierarchical name for newsgroups does ensure some
helpful redundancy, I guess. (I haven't see Gmane's description,
assuming it has one.)

Cheers,
David.
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