I can’t speak for others (also not really sure what “we” should include here…), but I

have a couple of interactions with the author on Twitter. I can’t recall whether I invited

him to join distutils-sig specifically, but I would understand if he was reluctant to do so

even if I did. The mailing list could be a bit intimidating unless you have a good topic to

join, especially for someone not with an English-speaking background (I am talking from

experience here).

Overall I could see it be a good idea to invite him to join the mailing list, and/or provide

inputs on this particular discussion. Would you be interested in doing this?