On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:15:43AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > I was under the impression that the ‘#debian-python’ channel was a > resource for use equally by anyone for discussion of maintaining Python > packages in Debian. When did it become an in-group-versus-out-group club > house, with credentials required for entry? Perhaps that should be > announced better.
#debian-python is very much for general purpose discussion related to Python packages/packaging in Debian, for everyone, whether they are in the DPMT/PAPT or not. However, since the overwhelming majority of people hanging around there are encouraged to / seem to prefer being in those teams, I think the number of people who find the topic useful for sponsorship requests would outnumber the number who would consider such usage inappropriate. Kumar -- Intel engineering seem to have misheard Intel marketing strategy. The phrase was "Divide and conquer" not "Divide and cock up" -- Alan Cox, iia...@www.linux.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org