Python Forum

[Colin J. Williams]

On 03-Jun-10 09:08 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2010-06-03, News123<news1234 at free.fr>  wrote:
>> pyDev wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I would like to let the community know that there is a new web-based
>>> forum for Python enthusiasts over at PythonForum.org (http://
>>> pythonforum.org). Web-based forums is a preferred method by Python
>>> newcomers to get help in exploring the world of Python and programming
>>> overall. The main goal of PythonForum.org is to popularize Python by
>>> welcoming all newcomers. Recently the forum got "attacked" with
>>> questions by users just starting out with Python. I hope here will be
>>> someone ready to welcome and help newcomers to enter the beautiful
>>> world of Python.
>>>
>>
>> I fully agree with the feedback, that  creating a new forum is not such
>> an excellent idea. currently the critical mass seems to be here and I
>> appreciate this a lot.
>>
>> However, whether we like it or not:
>> Fewer and fewer newcomers are willing, knowledgable, aware of nntp
>>
>> If you think, that newbies are unlikely to use nntp, then create a
>> forum, web front end or whatever, which looks very nice and cool, which
>> will automatically relay messages (forward and backward) to this group.
>
> You mean like this?
>
> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general
>
>

I use gmane via nntp (news.gmane.org port 119) but, as the link above 
shows, there are threading problems.

Colin W.

>> In my opinion new forums should integrate nntp and not try to replace
>> it.
>>
>> An nntp gateway on just another server is also not as nice as just
>> communicating with the existing feeds.
>
> I'm don't know what "communicating with the existing feeds" means.
>