On 9/14/2010 12:43 PM, s...@pobox.com wrote: > > Baptiste> Reading this from GMANE ;-) > > I use GMANE too on occasion, but only via the web, as I suppose most people > do. I haven't actually used an NNTP-based app like xrn or gnus in probably > two decades. Do the GMANE folks publish HTTP v. NNTP statistics for their > service? > > I question if the nntplib module is used enough to warrant inclusion with > the rest of the batteries. Not to mention dedication of scarce people > resources. Even though Antoine has kindly volunteered to make the necessary > changes, I seem to recall that the email package transition took awhile to > get right (and already had a reasonable test suite I suspect). There are > probably more critical parts of Python he could work on instead (though > who's to dispute that Antoine has an NNTP itch?) Finally, is there an > application out in the wild using nntplib which is desirous of better NNTP > support than Python currently has? > > We got rid of gopherlib a few years ago (deprecated in 2.5, presumably gone > in 2.6). I suspect the NNTP protocol has a greatly diminished user base as > well, GMANE's presence notwithstanding. > > Skip
The fact that Mailman will need it would alone outweigh all those considerations in my mind. regards Steve PS: I read c.l.py-dev using NNTP from Thunderbird. Why anyone bothers with these web interfaces is beyond me ... PPS: What makes you think the email package transition is complete? -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 DjangoCon US September 7-9, 2010 http://djangocon.us/ See Python Video! http://python.mirocommunity.org/ Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
