[Python-Dev] PEP announcements, and summaries

[Thomas Wouters]

On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 12:32:31PM -0500, Andrew Kuchling wrote:

> One thing about the reaction to the 2.1 alphas is that many people
> seem *surprised* by some of the changes, even though PEPs have been
> written, discussed, and mentioned in python-dev summaries.  Maybe the
> PEPs and their status need to be given higher visibility; I'd suggest
> sending a brief note of status changes (new draft PEPs, acceptance,
> rejection) to comp.lang.python.announce.

Or, (wait, wait) maybe, (don't shoot me) we should change the python-dev
construct (nono, wait, wait!) - that is, instead of it being a write-only
list with readable archives, have it be a list completely open for
subscription, but with post access to a limited number of people (the
current subscribers.) I know of at least two people who want to read
python-dev, but not by starting up netscape every day. (One of them already
tried subscribing to python-dev once ;) Or perhaps just digests, though I
don't really see the benifit of that (or of the current approach, really.)
It's just much easier to keep up and comment on features if it arrives in
your mailbox every day.

(Besides, it would prompt Barry to write easy ways to manage such list of
posters, which is slightly lacking in Mailman right now <wink> <wink>) 

Ok-*now*-you-can-shoot-me-ly y'rs
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Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>

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