Can the mailing list admin please move this sub-discussion about thread vs flat into a new thread? I explicitly asked to please not discuss advantages and disadvantages of mailing list vs Discourse here:
"Please don't start a thread about the advantages and disavantages of mailing lists and Discourse. It has been discussed multiple times. There is a dedicated section on discuss.python.org!" I only asked *how can we take a decision*? :wink: Victor Le mer. 13 févr. 2019 à 21:33, Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> a écrit : > > On Feb 12, 2019, at 18:01, Ned Deily <n...@python.org> wrote: > > > > On Feb 12, 2019, at 20:36, Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote: > >> On Feb 12, 2019, at 13:59, Antoine Pitrou <anto...@python.org> wrote: > >> I know I can browse easily through a 161-message mailing-list or > >>> newsgroup thread using a traditional threaded view, read what I want, > >>> come back later to read the rest, etc. But Discourse's linear > >>> presentation pretty much kills that ability. It doesn't even allow > >>> *seeing* the structure of the discussion. > >> That’s pretty much my same, biggest gripe about long GitHub issues and > >> PRs. ;) > > > > But you realize that this a feature, not a bug? :) > > > > https://blog.codinghorror.com/web-discussions-flat-by-design/ > > Unfortunately, that post doesn’t talk about all the problems with flat > discussions, and there are many. So if we have to, we can agree that both > have advantages and disadvantages, both have their proponents and detractors, > and very likely both are appropriate to some forums and discussions and > inappropriate (or ineffective) for others. Or maybe more succinctly: both > are terrible. ;) > > That tells me either that the problem is fundamentally unsolvable due to the > nature of online discussions, or we’re asking the wrong questions. > > As far as software darwinism is concerned, we can also admit that top posting > has won, but not necessarily because it’s superior (in fact, IMHO it’s not). > It’s just that mobile and webmail has taken over and either because of > laziness or U/I difficulties, inline replies are too difficult. > > We live with plenty of inferior technology for reasons that aren’t entirely > based on actual efficiency and ease of use. Techmology! (with apologies to > Ali G). > > -Barry > > _______________________________________________ > python-committers mailing list > python-committers@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-committers > Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ -- Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. _______________________________________________ python-committers mailing list python-committers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-committers Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
