I agree with everything all of you have said in reply to me. Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 3, 2019, at 7:34 PM, Ned Batchelder <n...@nedbatchelder.com> wrote: > >> On 2/3/19 6:01 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> (1) Taking the group discussion off-list should be done rarely, and >> usually only for personal messages that shouldn't be shared >> publically, or by mutual agreement for off-topic discussions. >> >> I can't see Ned's original comment in either my inbox, or at the >> archives, so it seems that he took the discussion off-list. I don't know >> why. It doesn't strike me as either personal or off-topic, so taking it >> off-list seems to be both unnecessary and a little rude to the rest of >> the group -- why were the rest of us excluded? >> >> But since Ned apparently intended to take it off-list, it is only polite >> to respect that your reply. >> >> >> (2) The long-standing tradition is to put "OFFLIST" at the *start* of >> the subject line, not the end where it is easy to overlook. >> >> To make it even more clear, we should explicitly state that the >> message is off-list at the top of the message. >> >> (Especially if you intend the message to be confidential.) > > I replied to James privately because I felt that the question of "Python's > decline," and James' reasons for believing it to be so, were not on-topic for > a list about suggestions for improving Python. It also seemed to me that it > could easily devolve into an unproductive discussion for such a large group. > But, it was probably also of interest to the group, many of whom were > probably wondering the same things I was, so I can see how it could have > stayed in the list (where it now is.) > > It also seemed to me to be a topic which could easily result in James feeling > at a disadvantage, being on the other side of a subjective debate from the > bulk of the group. I had hoped to discuss it with him in a setting that was > less likely to get heated. > > I didn't mean to be rude to anyone. > > --Ned. > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
