[Python-ideas] From mailing list to GitHub issues

[Chris Angelico]

On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> In terms of putting barriers in place of newbie contributions, mailing lists
> appear more problematic than GitHub trackers, given how often we get a reply
> to a digest or an indecipherable jumble of quoting. Trackers also
> effectively avoid top-posting issues (which no amount of referring to
> mailing list etiquette can prevent).

The biggest problem I'm seeing is with digests. Can that feature be
flagged off as "DO NOT USE THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE ASKING
FOR"? So many people seem to select digest mode, then get extremely
confused by it.

ChrisA