Heh, you're right that was the reasoning. But I think python-list is much less valuable than python-ideas for PEP authors. So let's change it.
On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 6:38 PM, Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote: > On Oct 26, 2017, at 20:03, Guido van Rossum <gvanros...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I think python-ideas does count here. Many PEPs evolve mostly there. > > True, but there was some discussion of this way back when. > > The way I remember it was that, while there are many outlets to discuss > PEPs (including those pointed to by the optional Discussions-To header), > python-dev is the “forum of record”. This means that python-dev is the > only mailing list you *have* to follow if you want to be informed of a > PEP’s status in a timely manner. Thus Post-History is supposed to reflect > the history of when the PEP is sent to python-dev. python-list is included > because it’s the primary mailing list followed by people who aren’t > developing Python but are still interested in it. > > Maybe this needs to be reconsidered here in 2017, but that’s the rationale > for the wording of PEP 1. > > Cheers, > -Barry > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/ > guido%40python.org > > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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