[Python-Dev] Re: Re: How to lose potential users/developers

[Terry Reedy]

"Guido van Rossum" <guido@python.org> wrote in message
news:200302071236.h17Ca4D00333@pcp02138704pcs.reston01.va.comcast.net.
..
> want to be on both lists.  Keeping traffic truly separated would
> require more policing of the list than I'd feel comfortable with.
I'm
> already uncomfortable with the tone of the messages that are
sometimes
> sent in reply to incidental "inappropriate" postings by first-time
> posters.

I have sometimes thought that py-dev would be improved by a mechanism
for moderation of first-time posts.  Spam would be blocked and
'inappropriate' first posts *politely* redirected to clp, the bug
list, or the patch list with carefully prewritten messages.  On the
other hand, I would probably have redirected the ternary op post and
missed the surprise of Guido apparently giving serious consideration
to an addition.

Terry J. Reedy