Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> writes: > One data point in all of this is Victor's PEP 8015. Here on the mailing > list I seem to be the first and only person to reply since the PEP was > posted on Monday. But over on Discourse there have been 3 people who have > replied and there's already been some back-and-forth. > > So with a sample size of one, it looks like Discourse isn't discouraging > anyone, otherwise I would have assumed people who don't want to start with > Discourse would have simply started a discussion here on the mailing list > about Victor's PEP.
I don't think it is safe to interpret the current level of engagement there as a definitive endorsement of the tool. I believed this discussion was *supposed* to be happening over there and *not* on the mailing list (the initial messages about it were worded very strongly). If others who want to have a say in the future governance of the project had the same impression, then I would expect them to sign up and use Discourse regardless of their opinion of the tool. I don't dislike Discourse, but I would have rather used the mailing list for the governance discussion and used some other, less critical, topic as a trigger for experimenting with a new tool. If the trouble with the mailing lists is moderation, then some other list that requires more moderation work would have been a good candidate. > > On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 at 20:24, Jack Diederich <jackd...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm worried about the new format combined with governance discussions. As >> best I can tell 51 CPython committers have signed up for an account [I >> think that is a big number, btw] but only 17 have posted anything; That 17 >> is about 5 more people than put their name on a governance PEP. And maybe 5 >> people have half the total posts. This does not feel like a discussion at >> all. >> >> I don't think it was deliberate, but it looks like the new format is >> actively discouraging everyone but those most deeply invested with the most >> free time from participating. >> >> -Jack >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> > _______________________________________________ > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
