[Python-Dev] backporting stdlib 2.7.x from pypy to cpython

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Brett Cannon writes:
 > On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen at xemacs.org>wrote:
 > > Brett Cannon writes:

 > Ah, but you helped make my point!

Not at all; your point has long since been made.  I certainly agree
that the current situation is unfortunate.  I think it's a bit rude of
you to assume that those who oppose a new discussion list don't
understand that.

The question is whether a new list will be a net positive for the
*whole* community, and whether it will significantly benefit the VM
developers (beyond giving them some leverage to say "you really should
have posted this to compatibility-sig, you know!")

 > If anything this new list would act as a showing of good will

"The road to Hell," as they say.

We tried this a couple of times at XEmacs; it didn't work.  In
practice, threads didn't move, they split, and the actual decisions
were taken on the main list, sometimes seriously offending the members
of the SIG list.  The analogy of topics is not exact, and Python is
more disciplined, so it might work better here.  But you should plan
for it, not merely appeal to "men of good will".

 > Anyway, it looks like everyone else chiming in is capitulating to keeping
 > it on python-dev with a proper subject line, so we will start with there
 > and if it proves ineffective I will create the list.

At that time, please consider an announce-only list that VM developers
can subscribe to in lieu of python-dev (maybe with reply-to directing
discussion to python-dev).