Pietro Battiston wrote: > Il giorno mar, 17/11/2009 alle 11.19 +1300, Greg Ewing ha scritto: > >> Pietro Battiston wrote: >> >> >>> And I promise I won't come there just saying that PyGUI API sucks >>> >> Okay, that particular remark was a bit rude, and I >> apologise for it. >> >> Let me rephrase: One of the reasons I created PyGUI >> is that none of the existing cross-platform GUI APIs, >> including pygtk, are entirely to my taste. So making >> PyGUI emulate pygtk wouldn't make sense from my >> point of view. >> >> I certainly don't mean to dissuade anyone from >> using pygtk. If you like it, by all means continue >> to use it. >> >> > > > OK, that's more diplomatic. > > My opinion is that if you create a mailing list for PyGUI (and I suggest > Mailman [0], the software running this mailing list, for it), a message > "if anybody is interested in a different approach to pygtk, a PyGUI > mailing list has been created at this address" on this mailing list will > cause no complaints (notice your first email didn't mention pygtk at > all). > > I have to disagree. I consider attempts to build a competing community by spamming maillists with announcements to be annoying and rude. The criterion should be does this post add value to the community. I believe that Greg's posts do not add value to the pygtk community and he should refrain from posting his announcement to the pygtk list.
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