On 23Jul2015 13:16, Abe Dillon <abedillon@gmail.com> wrote:
Is there a forum or something similar related to python-ideas? If there isn't, I think there should be.
The mailing list format is restrictive. There's no good way to search past discussions and the digests I get are disorganized and difficult to follow. I'd like to contribute, but I don't know if my ideas are topics that have already been discussed in depth or if they're actually new.
Others have posted about the many ways to search the archives. I want to add 2 recommendations: First, and incredibly important, if you want to participate in a list, or even just to lurk, do not use digest mode. It is a disaster (regardless of the list). Instead: - switch your subscription to indivdual messages - add a filing rule to your mailer to move all python-list (or whichever list) to its own folder. I put python-list, tutor, python-dev and python-ideas all in a shared "python" folder myself. - put your mail reader in "threads" mode, where all messages in a particular discussion are grouped together This removes all the (misleading) attractions of "digest" mode. Secondly, go to the python-ideas archive here: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/ and download all the past archives (those links labelled "Gzip'd Text ..."). Ungzip and concatenate into a large file. This can now be searched on your local machine. With some effort these archives can be converted into a normal mbox mail file, which can be browsed in threading mode, should you wish to follow a particular discussion from the past. Cheers, Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less. - www.mutt.org