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

[Paul Moore]

On Sat, 29 Sep 2018 at 10:24, Nathaniel Smith <njs at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> 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?

I don't use NNTP, but this is simply wrong. Forums miss one of the
most significant advantages of NNTP - namely, the choice of client
enabled by having a standardised protocol.

Paul