Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

2018-10-07 Thread C W Rose via Python-list
Ryan Johnson wrote: > The point that OP is trying to make is that a fixed standard that is > distinguishable from the even-spacing Tab-length convention in code and > text editors will establish a level of trust between the end developer and > upstream developers or co-developers who may not have

Re: Spam levels.

2018-05-22 Thread C W Rose via Python-list
m wrote: > W dniu 10.02.2018 o 15:57, C W Rose pisze: >> No other groups (in the limited set which I read) have the problem, >> and I don't understand why the spammers neither spam a range of >> groups, nor change their adddresses more frequently. It may be >> that destroying comp.lang.python is

Re: Filtering computer.lang.python

2018-04-11 Thread C W Rose via Python-list
Thomas Jollans wrote: > > Welcome to python-list/comp.lang.python! > > This isn't originally a Google group. Google just mirrors the old USENET > group, which is awash with spam. > > There is also a mailing list version of this group (posts are mirrored > both ways) at https://mail.python.org/m

Respam levels.

2018-02-13 Thread C W Rose via Python-list
Having run a check for straightforward spam, I now find that there's a site editing and reposting non-spam posts. An example of the changed headers follows: Original post headers: > > From c...@seckford.org Sun Feb 11 23:23:22 2018 > Path: > eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!

Spam levels.

2018-02-10 Thread C W Rose via Python-list
I've been reading a limited range of Usenet groups since the late 1980s, and until the recent problems in comp.lang.python had never bothered with any sort of filtering; it's easier just to ignore people. However, the sheer volume of spam in comp.lang.python finally defeated me, so I set up a fil