On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 06:02:33PM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> Oleg Broytman writes:
> > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 07:28:24PM -0600, average wrote:
> > > As to your question of how best to handle inquiries from the blue or
> > > "noisy questions", I personally prefer the following (only slightly
> > > tongue-in-cheek):
> > >
> > > ...After a sufficient period of waiting, say a day or two with no
> response:
> >
> > Ok, I'll wait a bit longer.
>
> I don't think that's a good idea. It just encourages people to give a
> response on python-dev plus follow-ups, and if they give an answer
> without saying "you'd better ask this on comp.lang.python", when you
> do, you look like a netcop rather than being helpful.
Yes, that's a kind of a problem. Not a big one - I live in the "wrong"
time zone and can afford to wait a few hours. Certainly not a few days.
> The mail you originally sent was sufficiently polite and clear IMO,
> but anything can be improved and I'm glad you took up the suggestions
> on the wording.
>
> OTOH I think as quick as possible an answer is a good idea here. It
> saves the intended audience the thought about whether to reply or not,
> and an instant, constructive answer says that somebody cares. The
> message should be "The people who will answer your question on
> python-dev are also on comp.lang.python, as well as many more (you may
> get a faster, and probably more complete, answer on comp.lang.python).
> The people on python-dev don't need to see the answer (they already
> know it), but the people on comp.lang.python are likely to be happy to
> learn it."
Thank you. I'll think how to add something like this so that my
boilerplate wouldn't become too big,
Oleg.
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Oleg Broytman http://phd.pp.ru/ p...@phd.pp.ru
Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.
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