I’ve found that using mailing list mode to lurk on discuss.python.org works well. I’ve set up rules on my local mail client to archive what I don’t want in my inbox; I have 4 rules in place now, though I’m interested in a bit more than what was typically on python-dev.
Cheers, John > On Dec 6, 2022, at 5:16 AM, Baptiste Carvello > <devel2...@baptiste-carvello.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > Le 05/12/2022 à 14:50, Stephen J. Turnbull a écrit : >> >> I'd be sad, but I get the feeling that the only people left >> reading it are "here for the community", not to develop code, … > I think this is indeed true, but that's nothing to be sad about: "being > here for the community" is not wrong or shameful. > > Since forever, python-dev has attracted a large following of enthusiast > Python users, who want to understand the design choices of their > preferred language. This widely shared concern for writing idiomatic > code is a distinguishing trait of the Python community (the whole > culture of "pythonic" code). > > Now maybe this is a place where the mailman devs could help and make a > real difference: what if this list would become, not archive-only, but a > *read-only mirror* of those parts of Discourse that are relevant for > core development? That would mean setting up a pipeline starting with > Discourse's so-called "mailing-list mode", going through the kind of > filter stack that some core developers have been setting up for their > personal use, and feeding into this mailing list. The last part can only > be done with the powers of the mailman admins. > > Being read-only would not be a problem in practice: non core-devs here > read much more than they post (as they should). Being forced to log into > a specific website is an acceptable roadblock once in a while for > posting, just not every day for simply following the discussions. > > Turning this list into a relevant mirror of Discourse is the nicest > course of action for the hundreds of silent readers python-dev has > gathered over the years. All those people *won't* switch to routinely > visiting the Discourse website, no matter how much pushing and wishful > thinking the Steering Council puts into it. Shutting down the list means > kicking them away, more or less overtly. > > Cheers, > Baptiste > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/TXLKFNL3RUFNIU5DELXIJQF3UZOX6DIH/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/5C43VUQTF4ERNQ2MPLNUOREDQY7M2IUV/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
