Re: This thread is closed [an actual new thread]

2018-10-02 Thread Ben Finney
Ethan Furman writes: > On 10/01/2018 04:26 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > > If there is some specific formal meaning to the above statement, I > > don't know where it's documented. If it's not a specific formal > > statement, that is itself troubling, because it's not clear what > > would constitute a

Re: This thread is closed [an actual new thread]

2018-10-02 Thread Ethan Furman
On 10/02/2018 03:46 AM, Rhodri James wrote: On 02/10/18 01:02, Ethan Furman wrote: It should be interpreted as: - No further discussion should take place on this thread. - I've done what I can with the primitive tools at hand to block    any further discussion. - Continued considerate posts

Re: This thread is closed [an actual new thread]

2018-10-02 Thread Ian Kelly
On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 4:50 AM Rhodri James wrote: > > On what grounds are you suppressing debate? It is exactly and precisely > not irrelevant to Python, since it's discussing a Python-specific change > to known and understood computing terminology, and frankly the statement > "Continued

Re: This thread is closed [an actual new thread]

2018-10-02 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2018-10-02, Rhodri James wrote: > On 02/10/18 01:02, Ethan Furman wrote: > On what grounds are you suppressing debate? It is exactly and precisely > not irrelevant to Python, since it's discussing a Python-specific change > to known and understood computing terminology, and frankly the

Re: This thread is closed [an actual new thread]

2018-10-02 Thread Robin Becker
On 02/10/2018 11:46, Rhodri James wrote: On 02/10/18 01:02, Ethan Furman wrote: On 10/01/2018 04:26 PM, Ben Finney wrote:  > Ethan Furman writes:  >> This thread is closed.  >  > Coming from a moderator of this forum, I don't know how that statement  > is to be interpreted. It should be

Re: This thread is closed [an actual new thread]

2018-10-02 Thread Rhodri James
On 02/10/18 01:02, Ethan Furman wrote: On 10/01/2018 04:26 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > Ethan Furman writes: >> This thread is closed. > > Coming from a moderator of this forum, I don't know how that statement > is to be interpreted. It should be interpreted as: - No further discussion should

Re: This thread is closed [an actual new thread]

2018-10-01 Thread Ethan Furman
On 10/01/2018 04:26 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > Ethan Furman writes: >> This thread is closed. > > Coming from a moderator of this forum, I don't know how that statement > is to be interpreted. It should be interpreted as: - No further discussion should take place on this thread. - I've done what