[Python-ideas] A bit meta

[Donald Stufft]

> On Jan 29, 2016, at 12:56 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
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> On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 at 08:35 Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us <mailto:ethan at stoneleaf.us>> wrote:
> On 01/29/2016 08:19 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
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> > I do have to say I find the idea of using a dedicated StackExchange
> > site intriguing. I have been a big fan of its cofounder Joel Spolsky
> > for many years. A StackExchange discussion has some advantages over a
> > thread in a mailing list -- it's got a clear URL that everyone can
> > easily find and reference (as opposed to the variety of archive sites
> > that are currently used), and there is a bit more structure to the
> > discussion (question, answers, comments). I believe there are some
> > good examples of other communities of experts that have really
> > benefited (e.g. mathoverflow.net <http://mathoverflow.net/>).
> 
> I am also a big fan of StackExchange, but the StackExchange sites are
> about questions and answers, while Python-Ideas is about ideas and
> discussion.
> 
> Given that extensive comments on a question or answer is discouraged,
> multiple answers trying to follow a thread of discussion would be
> confusing, and the person asking the question would be the one selecting
> the "approved" answer (which may have nothing to do with the actual
> outcome), I don't see this as being a good fit.
> 
> A better fit would be something like https://www.uservoice.com/ <https://www.uservoice.com/> if people wanted a focused "vote on ideas" solution, or something like https://www.discourse.org/ <https://www.discourse.org/> for a more modern forum platform that has the concept of likes for a thread. And then there's https://gitlab.com/mailman/hyperkitty <https://gitlab.com/mailman/hyperkitty> as Barry suggested to add the equivalent of what Discourse has to Mailman 3.
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I’ve been thinking about trying to set up a discourse instance for the packaging stuff, for whatever it’s worth.

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