[Ironpython-users] Meta-Questions (Was: Commercial Support / Bugfixes for Ironpython)

[Jeff Hardy]

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Markus Schaber
<m.schaber at 3s-software.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Just three Meta-Topics:
>
> Does this list prefer the “Internet“-style (Plain-Text, and the replies
> interleaved with the quoted paragraphs), or “Outlook”-style (HTML/RTF and
> TOFU)?

Personally, I prefer plain-text, inline replies. The difference in
readability between OSS lists that follow that style vs. MS lists
where everyone uses Outlook are night and day. There is no official
list policy, though.

> When googling for “IronPython Mailing List”, the first hit is
> http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com - but this
> list seems to be replaced by the new one from python.org since 2011. While I
> like the fact that the old archives are still online, I’d suggest that you
> add some explanation and link on that page (maybe in the “About Users” part
> at the top) which points to the new list at python.org.

Good catch. The python.org list contains a complete copy of the
archives as well. Looking at them, the message IDs are the same, so it
should be possible to forward the old URLs as well. The old list
server is run by Jim Hugunin, so I'll ping him and see what the
options are.

> And it seems that there is no form of commercial support or contracted
> development available for IronPython and the DLR right now, correct?

As far as I know, no. The people with the knowledge to maintain it all
have full-time jobs. I would love it if one of the contributors was a
contractor who could pick up jobs like that, but no such luck.

- Jeff