[python-committers] python-committers is dead, long live discuss.python.org

[Nathaniel Smith]

On Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at 1:51 AM, Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com> wrote:
> 29.09.18 03:45, Łukasz Langa пише:
>>>
>>> On 28 Sep 2018, at 23:04, Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Do you use NNTP? Like with IRC, you won't find the next generation of core
>> developers on it. And no, there is no support for it in Discourse.
>
>
> Yes, I do. I read all Python-related mailing list via the Gmane gate. It is
> convenient in case of large discussions, when I can read selected branches
> and ignore others. The great advantage of NNTP is that it provides access to
> past discussions. I can read Python-Dev discussions back from 1999.

The reason the general public has settled on web forums rather than
mailing lists is basically that web forums give you many of the
advantages of NNTP -- including first-class access to archives,
replying to threads that predate your arrival, muting topics, the
ability to skim the topic list before downloading everything, etc. --
without the need to install specialized software. Of course it's not
going to be the same as your favorite NNTP client that you've spent a
decade tweaking, but it might be worth giving it a try?

That said, there is this:

  https://github.com/sman591/discourse-nntp-bridge

No idea how usable it is in practice, but apparently it works for at
least one person...

-n

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