1) I might've missed a better place to post, I don't think so. I thought about it for a while, and this was the best I came up with. So if you know of one, then maybe I'm simply clueless, not lazy. Otherwise, here it is.
My take is, "right idea, wrong place." Not your fault. I might even subscribe to such a list. But, I fail to see what is ASF-specific about a python-talk list? It's not, and hence shouldn't be hosted by the ASF.
3) The ASF mantra of "it's the community not the technology" really dictates a community@ list. I'm sorry if you feel it is a waste, I don't.
That's inaccurate. A better phrase, "It's the community [around the technology] not the technology." community@ serves no place as it has nothing to do with anything that the ASF does or will ever do.
4) "personal soapbox medium" -- GAK! Why would anybody out of diapers waste breath on soapboxing? Come on, give the community some credit...
I don't see why the ASF should care about potential MS patent attacks. That has no place on an ASF-sponsored list. From my perspective, community@ is and persists to be a giant waste of time.
(If you are on or know of FoRK, that's a list that laps up pointless conversations like the one re: patents.)
I'm just floating this idea. If you and/or others want to kill it, so be it. If it go nowhere 'cos of lack of support of the ASF powers that be, so be it. Python (for better or worse) is becoming part of ASF, but it is less well understood/supported than Java. I was just hoping for a bit of help getting some things going...
Again, a list is fine. I'd just prefer to find someone else to host it: the ASF isn't the end-all-be-all to all of your hosting needs. And, obviously, feel free to invite all of the ASF folks to that list. -- justin
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