On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org> wrote:
Antoine Pitrou writes: But we have a PR problem *now*. The loyal opposition clearly intend to continue trash-talking Python 3 until the libraries get to 100% (or a government-approved approximation of 100%). The topic on #python seems unlikely to change at this point, with both Glyph and JP pointedly failing to denounce it publicly, while Stephen defends it and says it's not going to change as long as the libraries aren't done.
Huh? We just changed the topic on #python because people complained about it. We didn't do it earlier because we didn't know it was a problem. Defending it doesn't mean it's set in stone :-) I don't wanna come across like a jerk but could we please not use loaded terms like "loyal opposition" and "trash-talking"? I don't really think that's what people do or are (or at least want to be/intend to do). I've really honestly tried my best to fix this situation (see the other thread) and the people whom I've gotten input from (both here and in the IRC channels) have been nothing but helpful.
What do you suggest? Or do you think there's no PR problem we should worry about, just accept that this going to be a further drag on adoption and improvement, and keep on keeping on?
I very much like Martin and Antoine's ideas of putting the thing up on python.org, that might also solve people's problems with the apparent dissonance between #python and python-dev/the PSF that neither side really wants. To the contrary, I think everyone wants this situation to improve, including Guido, apparently. Myself included, I think everyone stands to gain here. thanks for listening Laurens