Python mailing list vs. References: (was Re: My quarterly question on Design by Contract in Python...)

[Guido van Rossum]

"Tim Peters" <tim_one at email.msn.com> writes:

> [Aahz]
> > I've noticed that posts from both Tim Peters and David Ascher are coming
> > through unthreaded, and I suspect it's because either either the mailing
> > list software or their mailers are not preserving the References: line
> > correctly.
> 
> Ny guess is both.  Stuff I get from the mailing list doesn't appear to have
> any newsgroup msg-id info in the headers, and I'm certain my mailer (MS
> Outlook 98) would toss it even if it did.  This msg of yours did come thru
> with a References line, but referring to the post of mine to which you
> replied.  For threading to work, wouldn't it have to contain a line with a
> reference to *your* msg?  Seems that if OL98 did preserve the References
> line it received here, this msg would end up threaded back to my earlier
> msg, not to yours.
> 
> > Is there anything that can be done about this?
> 
> It's always surprised me that DejaNews often manages to insert my stuff in
> the right place anyway; e.g., in this very thread.  So maybe you should get
> a smarter news reader <cackle>.

They are both using the new mailman gateway.  Maybe this is a factor?

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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)