[Python-ideas] Browser for mailing lists

[Nick Coghlan]

On 1 April 2014 10:31, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> On 03/31/2014 05:21 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 01:09:48PM +0100, Richard Prosser wrote:
>>> I agree - links to search tools or at least explanations of how to use
>>> them
>>> would be very welcome.
>>
>> It's 2014, not 1998. Do we really need to teach people how to use the
>> Internet? Not just people in general, for that matter, but
>> *programmers*?
>
> Yes.

The other thing to keep in mind is that we're actively trying to
remove barriers to entry to participating in the core development
process, while still respecting the perspectives of long term
community members. That's a long, slow, process with very few quick
fixes available, but providing pointers to useful tools (like gmane)
to help make them more discoverable is certainly something we can do
in the meantime. (We do already reference it from
https://docs.python.org/devguide/communication.html#mailing-lists, but
that page has its own discoverability issues)

Cheers,
Nick.

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