[Python-Dev] High volumes and off topic discussions

[Antoine Pitrou]

Le Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:17:39 +0200,
Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall at gmail.com> a écrit :
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>
> wrote:
> > Le Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:36:10 +0200,
> > Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall at gmail.com> a écrit :
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> I know this is a hard topic, but python-dev is already incredibly
> >> high-volume and dragging discussion off-topic is making following
> >> important stuff (while ignoring unimportant stuff) very hard.
> >>
> >> For example in a recent topic "cffi in stdlib" I find a mail that
> >> says "we have to find a sufficiently silly species of snake". It's
> >> even funny, but it definitely makes it very hard to follow for
> >> those of us who don't read python-dev 24/7. Would it be reasonable
> >> for python-dev to generally try to stay on topic (for example if
> >> the thread is called "silly species of snakes", I absolutely don't
> >> mind people posting there whatever they feel like as long as I'm
> >> not expected to read every single message).
> >
> > I'm afraid you're trying to devise derogatory distinctions regarding
> > drifting discussions.
> >
> > Seriously, yes, I approve of changing the subject line, although I
> > forgot to do it this time.
> > For the record, you can also read the list through a NNTP gateway
> > using Gmane, it can make things easier.
> 
> How does that help with knowing what mails to read what mails not to
> read?

It doesn't, but at least it won't flood your personal inbox ;-)

Regards

Antoine.