[Python-ideas] Posting style (original) (raw)

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

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