Steve Holden wrote:
Dear python-dev:
The current (as of even date) summary of my recent contributions to Python -dev appears to be spam about PyCon.
Not being one to break habits, even not those of a lifetime sometimes, I spam you yet again to show you what a beautiful summary ActiveState have provided (I don't know whether this URL is cacheable or not):
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Browse/ByAuthor/python-dev?author=cHlj...
Yup, we try to make all our URLs portable and persistent.
If I remember Trent Lott (?)
Nah, that's a US politician. T'was Trent Mick.
described at an IPC the SQL Server database that drives this system, and it was a great example of open source technology driving a proprietary (but I expect (?) relatively portable) repository.
Modulo some SQLServer features we're using.
Since I have your attention (and if I haven't then it really doesn't matter what I write hereafter, goodbye ...) I will also point out that the current top hit on Google for
"Microsoft to Provide PyCon Opening Keynote"
What a bizarre search. (note that some of your To's and Cc's were pretty strange... --david