On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:08 PM, <ru...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On 11/13/2012 09:10 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: >> * Use a news-to-web gateway such as Google Groups. That >> specific one is deprecated on this list, as there's more >> noise than signal from Google Groups. > > Caroline, Chris is mistaken about this, if for no other > reason than there is no authority here empowered to decide > to deprecate anything. What Chris should have said is > that there are some people on this list who don't like > Google Groups for whatever reason and encourage others > to ignore posts from Google Groups. > > How successful this boycott effort is is not clear.
To be more accurate: This is deprecated *by members of* this list. As there is no commanding/controlling entity here, it's up to each individual to make a decision - for instance, abusive users get killfiled rather than banned. The use of Google Groups to post is deprecated in the original sense of the word: strongly disapproved of. My own opinion on the matter is that if it takes as much effort as you describe to use GG properly, it's wasting your time on a massive scale. Surely it's easier to read and post email? ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
