[Python-Dev] High volumes and off topic discussions (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Fri Mar 1 11:33:24 CET 2013

Le Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:17:39 +0200, Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall at gmail.com> a écrit :

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote: > Le Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:36:10 +0200, > Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall at gmail.com> a écrit : >> Hi >> >> I know this is a hard topic, but python-dev is already incredibly >> high-volume and dragging discussion off-topic is making following >> important stuff (while ignoring unimportant stuff) very hard. >> >> For example in a recent topic "cffi in stdlib" I find a mail that >> says "we have to find a sufficiently silly species of snake". It's >> even funny, but it definitely makes it very hard to follow for >> those of us who don't read python-dev 24/7. Would it be reasonable >> for python-dev to generally try to stay on topic (for example if >> the thread is called "silly species of snakes", I absolutely don't >> mind people posting there whatever they feel like as long as I'm >> not expected to read every single message). > > I'm afraid you're trying to devise derogatory distinctions regarding > drifting discussions. > > Seriously, yes, I approve of changing the subject line, although I > forgot to do it this time. > For the record, you can also read the list through a NNTP gateway > using Gmane, it can make things easier.

How does that help with knowing what mails to read what mails not to read?

It doesn't, but at least it won't flood your personal inbox ;-)

Regards

Antoine.

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