[ Making a separate thread so the NA one can stay on topic, since I haven't actually followed the discussion well enough to contribute on the technical points ]
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Matthew Brett <matthew.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > The absurd over-statement is the following: > > " I'm afraid I have to disagree: you seem to be proposing an absolute, > 'zero-tolerance'-style policy against any off-list discussion. " Well, that's how I understood what you said; sorry if I mis-interpreted it, but that is indeed how I read your post. > The question - which seems to me to be sensible rational and > important - is how to get better at on-list discussion, and whether > taking this particular discussion mainly off-list is good or bad in > that respect. And on that we completely agree. I just think that in this case, we can try to give people a chance and see if things go better: things have changed since last summer and there's encouraging evidence to suggest that a solid, open discussion will take place this time around. I just propose we give that process a chance first... Best, f _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion