On Sat, 29 Sep 2018 at 10:24, Nathaniel Smith <n...@pobox.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at 1:51 AM, Serhiy Storchaka <storch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 29.09.18 03:45, Łukasz Langa пише: > >>> > >>> On 28 Sep 2018, at 23:04, Serhiy Storchaka <storch...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Do you use NNTP? Like with IRC, you won't find the next generation of core > >> developers on it. And no, there is no support for it in Discourse. > > > > > > Yes, I do. I read all Python-related mailing list via the Gmane gate. It is > > convenient in case of large discussions, when I can read selected branches > > and ignore others. The great advantage of NNTP is that it provides access to > > past discussions. I can read Python-Dev discussions back from 1999. > > The reason the general public has settled on web forums rather than > mailing lists is basically that web forums give you many of the > advantages of NNTP -- including first-class access to archives, > replying to threads that predate your arrival, muting topics, the > ability to skim the topic list before downloading everything, etc. -- > without the need to install specialized software. Of course it's not > going to be the same as your favorite NNTP client that you've spent a > decade tweaking, but it might be worth giving it a try?
I don't use NNTP, but this is simply wrong. Forums miss one of the most significant advantages of NNTP - namely, the choice of client enabled by having a standardised protocol. Paul _______________________________________________ python-committers mailing list python-committers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-committers Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
