On Jan 29, 2016, at 12:56 PM, Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> wrote:
On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 at 08:35 Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us <mailto:ethan@stoneleaf.us>> wrote: On 01/29/2016 08:19 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
I do have to say I find the idea of using a dedicated StackExchange site intriguing. I have been a big fan of its cofounder Joel Spolsky for many years. A StackExchange discussion has some advantages over a thread in a mailing list -- it's got a clear URL that everyone can easily find and reference (as opposed to the variety of archive sites that are currently used), and there is a bit more structure to the discussion (question, answers, comments). I believe there are some good examples of other communities of experts that have really benefited (e.g. mathoverflow.net <http://mathoverflow.net/>).
I am also a big fan of StackExchange, but the StackExchange sites are about questions and answers, while Python-Ideas is about ideas and discussion.
Given that extensive comments on a question or answer is discouraged, multiple answers trying to follow a thread of discussion would be confusing, and the person asking the question would be the one selecting the "approved" answer (which may have nothing to do with the actual outcome), I don't see this as being a good fit.
A better fit would be something like https://www.uservoice.com/ <https://www.uservoice.com/> if people wanted a focused "vote on ideas" solution, or something like https://www.discourse.org/ <https://www.discourse.org/> for a more modern forum platform that has the concept of likes for a thread. And then there's https://gitlab.com/mailman/hyperkitty <https://gitlab.com/mailman/hyperkitty> as Barry suggested to add the equivalent of what Discourse has to Mailman 3. _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org <mailto:Python-ideas@python.org> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas> Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ <http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/> I’ve been thinking about trying to set up a discourse instance for the packaging stuff, for whatever it’s worth.
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