[Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

[Terry Reedy]

On 7/14/2010 12:58 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:34:27 -0400
> Terry Reedy<tjreedy at udel.edu>  wrote:
>>
>> So I can see that pushing to make it a business meeting would not be too
>> welcome. What I would like is an online sprint with a temporary
>> #python-triage channel, with at least one commit-developer present.
>
> It should be noted that #python-dev is quite low-traffic. There is less
> than one message per minute on average, and not often more than one
> conversation at a time.

I will take a look.

>> The other problem I have is being dropped or timed out, and not
>> having/knowing a way to get auto-reconnected to the channel. Thus, I
>> could miss a response even if I do get one.
>
> I never get drops or timeouts. I suppose any decent IRC client will
> handle connection issues for you.

Is Chatzilla not decent, or is there a better Windows client.

I have it set to reconnect when disconnected and to 'msg NickServe 
identify' when connected, but I do not see any way to wait for that to 
complete before issuing 'join #python'. I found a box under #python for 
'rejoin when kicked' but I do not know if that will work for disconnections.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy