What is "the community" in this context? There are many Python-oriented communities, not a single one, so I'm not surprised that little gets discussed here.
Regards Antoine. Le 28/06/2019 à 09:48, Steve Holden a écrit : > The clue is in the list's title: it's for people with some kind of > interest and/or stake in the PSF, > > Alas the community doesn't seem to feel the need for a bidirectional > channel, and clearly very few information originators consider it useful. > > If you are reading this message: what did you expect to see on this > list? What might you do to encourage people to post the sort of content > you'd like to see? > > Kind regards. > Steve Holden > > PS: EuroPython is a brilliant community conference, in historical terms > about six months older than PyCon and just as community-spirited. > > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 7:16 PM David Lord <david...@gmail.com > <mailto:david...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Given the amount of updates that EuroPython sends out, I can't > actually remember what else this mailing list gets off the top of my > head. However, I didn't sign up for this list expecting to get a > constant stream of updates about EuroPython. From the name and > description I'd imagine it would be more focused on news about the > PSF and community efforts with and around the PSF itself. > > It's not that I don't like to know that EuroPython is hard at work, > it's great that you're enthusiastic, but I don't think the level of > updates currently being sent to this list is useful. A few of the > most important updates, such as a CFP or ticket sales seems more > appropriate. > > I can add a filter that deletes anything with "EuroPython", but that > means I will hear nothing, rather than just important things, and > might miss other PSF-related discussions of EuroPython. > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 11:08 AM Mariatta <maria...@python.org > <mailto:maria...@python.org>> wrote: > > If you find yourself receiving too many posts from EuroPython, > it is quite simple to filter and automatically > archive/delete/mute emails containing the word "EuroPython". > > Perhaps the problem is not with EuroPython posting too many > things, but rather why aren't other members share more > "community-type" announcements here? > > If people always have to worry that they'll be criticized as > "spamming" it will deter people from actually posting useful > information. > > I personally think info about a conference is relevant to the > community, so it is fine to post them here. > > Another thing that would be great is if the PSF community page > (https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community) can be > updated to include more elaborate guidelines and examples of > what posts are acceptable or not. > > ᐧ > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 10:17 AM James Bennett <ja...@b-list.org > <mailto:ja...@b-list.org>> wrote: > > > >> On Jun 27, 2019, at 12:35 AM, M.-A. Lemburg > <m...@python.org <mailto:m...@python.org>> wrote: > >> > >> I'm sorry if our posts come across as spamming. That is > certainly > >> not our attention. > >> > >> Since we do believe in the PSF community, we also believe > that such > >> announcements should be sent to this group and, > personally, I'd love > >> to see lots more coming from all kinds of Python events, > projects, > >> etc. A community has to be filled with life, lots of > opinions, > >> discussions and buzz. > >> > >> If the majority believes that this is not what this > mailing list > >> about, I can remove it from the list of MLs we distribute > >> announcements to. > > > > > > My issue is the *number* of announcements. No other PyCon > generates this many announcement posts. > > > > PyCon AU, to take an example, did an announcement of their > CFP, and then one more announcement combining their > schedule, call for volunteers, and opening of ticket sales. > That’s reasonable and honestly I wouldn’t have minded seeing > one or two others, like a reminder when the CFP was about to > close. > > > > EuroPython has done *seventeen* announcement posts… so > far. I have no doubt that many many more are still to come. > Why do you feel a need to make so many announcement posts? I > was not joking at all when I said I think EuroPython makes > more announcements than all other PyCons combined. So, > again: please start a mailing list for EuroPython, use it > for the bulk of your announcements, and save only a few > major ones like CFP open/close or ticket sales opening, for > this list. > > _______________________________________________ > PSF-Community mailing list > PSF-Community@python.org <mailto:PSF-Community@python.org> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community > > _______________________________________________ > PSF-Community mailing list > PSF-Community@python.org <mailto:PSF-Community@python.org> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community > > _______________________________________________ > PSF-Community mailing list > PSF-Community@python.org <mailto:PSF-Community@python.org> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community > > > _______________________________________________ > PSF-Community mailing list > PSF-Community@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community > _______________________________________________ PSF-Community mailing list PSF-Community@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community
