>>>> PS: It would be nice if someone(TM) could describe here in detail how to >>>> properly report errors like this. Of course I'm not going to do it if it >>>> involves establishing Yet Another Account somewhere. But hopefully it >>>> doesn't? >>>> >>> That's not very public-spirited, is it? Python is open source, remember. >>> You wouldn't be able to use it if Guido had said "you know, I'm just >>> going to write this language for myself. It's so much trouble building a >>> development community ..." >>> >>> Give a little something back - create the account, and log the bug. I >>> promise you'll feel better about yourself ;-) >> >> "You will shortly receive an email to confirm your registration. To >> complete the registration process, visit the link indicated in the email." >> >> Yeah, still waiting... >> >> And I don't feel better. :-( >> >> Oh, mail arriving! >> >> Bah, no, t'was from my travel company. > > Hm, similar to Google's feedback forms this, just cul de sac: still no mail! > > Trying registration again... > > For perhaps I wrote incorrect mail address? No. Correct. Anyway... > > "Your request is being processed. Please be patient." > > Well how f*****g darn patient do they expect me to be? > > I've decided: I'm not. > > Oh sh**, just as I typed the period above the mail finally arrived. It's > been, > let's see, about 20+ minutes! > > And still some miles to go. > > Somebody should say THANK YOU for all this effort, pointing out not just the > bug > but exactly what needs fixing, not whining about me not wasting half an hour > on > going through proper channels after already wasting much time on that bug!
Thanks to this 100% true statement from Brett Cannon there is an easy way to get rid of your disappointment: """ If you are doing open source for anything other than altruistic reasons you are bound to be disappointed. """ HTH, Daniel -- Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
