[BangPypers] List guidelines (was: [JOB] - Yahoo!)

[Anand Balachandran Pillai]

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Sreekanth S Rameshaiah <sree at mahiti.org>wrote:

> On 14 September 2011 18:10, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My thoughts,
>
> This is Python mailing list. The mails should be wither around the topic.
> If a recruiter sends a mail for job XYZ which explicitly not invites people
>  with python skils to apply, this list should treat it as spam.
>
> If some asks a Java or PHP relevant question, will we not treat that as
> irreverent?
>

 Need not be. If the Java or PHP question is generic enough and on
 a topic that is applicable to Python as well, it could be something
 worth answering. For example - if there is a question on multithreading
 in Java, I would answer it here since the Python threading module
 has a lot of similarity with Java. However, if the question is like "Which
 class in Java to use for byte stream input" then I would politely redirect
 him to a Java forum.

 After 12+ years of working in a wide number of programming languages
 from C to Java to Python to PHP and Perl, I keep a very open mind
 on this topic.

 This is a Python forum, but languages are inter-related and there is a lot
 to share and learn. We are not a Python "fan" forum IMHO but learned
 folks who chose to mostly center their discussions on Python and related
 topics. That shouldn't exclude related discussions  in other languages,
 if there is an overlap with aspects of Python.

 I am sure this list is subscribed by a number of folks whose day job
 would be coding in  languages other than Python.

 With respect to JOB posting, my only requirement is that the
 subject list contain [JOB] and it is somewhat relevant. I don't care if
 it is the first post of the member or 100th post.


- sree
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