[Python-ideas] A bit meta

[Oleg Broytman]

Hi!

On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 04:17:26PM -0500, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
> Two big problems with moving primary discussions off the mailing list are
> discoverablility and community fracture.
> 
> Any new forum will mean another login, a new work flow, another slice of the
> ever diminishing attention pie, and discussions that occur both on the
> traditional site and the new site.  Some people will miss the big announcement
> about the new forum.  There will be lots of cross-posting because people won't
> know for sure which ones the people who need to be involved frequent.
> 
> For example, many years ago I missed a discussion about something I cared
> about and only accidentally took notice when I saw a commit message in my
> inbox.  When I asked about why the issue had never been mentioned on
> python-dev, I was told that everything was hashed out in great detail on the
> tracker.  I didn't even realize that I wasn't getting email notifications of
> new tracker issues, so I never saw it until it was too late.
> 
> I've seen other topics discussed primarily on G+, for which I have an account,
> but rarely pay attention too.  I don't even know if it's still "a thing".
> Maybe everyone's moved to Slack by now.

   Or to gitter...

> How many different channels do I have
> to engage with to keep track of what's happening in core Python?
> 
> This isn't GOML

   GOML? Get Off my Mailing List? ;-)

> and I'm all for experimentation, but I do urge caution.
> Otherwise we might just wonder why we haven't heard from Uncle Timmy in a
> while.
> 
> Cheers,
> -Barry

Oleg.
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