[Python-ideas] Posting style

anatoly techtonik techtonik at gmail.com
Thu Jan 12 11:04:58 CET 2012


On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10 January 2012 13:13, Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Oleg Broytman <phd at phdru.name> wrote:
> >>   I am not going to mandate anything (first, I don't have power).
> >> Anything is acceptable. But decide for yourself what is convenient *for
> >> you*. Imagine you are reading through a big and complex discussion with
> >> many threads. Or think about looking for information in the mailing
> >> list(s) archive. How much excessive information can you bear? What
> >> posing style would be the best in that cases?
> >
> > I don't really understand the objection. My mail client hides unbroken
> > quotes at the bottom of an email, so that I don't see anything except
> > what you quoted (if I read my own email), plus my signature. I take it
> > yours doesn't do this?
>
> People don't usually look at the archives with their email client.


I agree that Pipermail (Mailman's default interface) suxx for browsing
threads and archives, but Google Groups are able to handle that pretty well
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/python-ideas
-- 
anatoly t.
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