On 7-Feb-07, at 10:59 AM, Brian Blais wrote: > Hello, > > I am not asking an existential question about the meaning of the > integer set, but > rather what it means when someone writes in an email on this list, > something like: > > +1 > > I've never seen this on any other list (other than python lists). > Is this just a > short hand for "good comment", or is there a deeper meaning or > purpose?
It's shorthand for "I approve and vote in favor of this direction, proposal, critique, or whatever. It is pretty common on lists which discuss the development of open- source software, in order to coordinate loose federations of people and test general consensus. Variations include -1 (don't approve, vote no), +0 (vaguely approve, but don't really care), -0 (vaguely disapprove, but not willing to fight over it), +1000 (I really, really care deeply about this and want it), -1000 (this is a really bad idea that I think will harm the community), etc. HTH --Dethe > > > thanks, > > > bb > > > -- > ----------------- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig DETHE ELZA Senior Software Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
