Re: [Python-Dev] http://bugs.python.org/issue231540

2010-07-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Oh, and with business philosophy I mean: mails like the one you start > this thread with are interpreted by me as being very pushy, overly > sarcastic and if my project manager at the office sends me an email > like that I know I have to do it right now. I would dislike to be > spoken to like thi

Re: [Python-Dev] http://bugs.python.org/issue231540

2010-07-24 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > What I find very helpful in these cases is to put all my vitriol into > the rant, bask in it, and then *delete it unsent*. That way, I'm not > spreading the bad emotion any further than my desk, and it truly is > cathartic so I can sleep soundl

Re: [Python-Dev] http://bugs.python.org/issue231540

2010-07-24 Thread Ben Finney
Mark Lawrence writes: > I admit that when I sent this off last night, I felt rather better > after for having let off a bit of steam. […] > Nobody has been at all really negative. I think that this is a > tremendous way of saying what a wonderful community Python is, long > may it be that way. So

Re: [Python-Dev] http://bugs.python.org/issue231540

2010-07-24 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 23/07/2010 23:26, Mark Lawrence wrote: Is there any money to pay for the forthcoming 10th birthday party for this issue? Is the OP still alive? Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. Hi all, I admit that when I sent this off last night, I felt rather better after for having let off a bit of st

Re: [Python-Dev] http://bugs.python.org/issue231540

2010-07-23 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:39:49 am Mark Lawrence wrote: > I'm on the verge of giving up my time because the whole system is a > complete and utter waste of my time. [...] Mark, you have entirely avoided the issues Paul raised. It's one thing to fire off a snarky email implying that the Python devel

Re: [Python-Dev] http://bugs.python.org/issue231540

2010-07-23 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:42:12 pm Brian Curtin wrote: > First off, thanks for your time. One thing I don't feel is very > beneficial is to focus so much on the number of issues you are able > to close, because that number by itself is too high-level. Closing 10 > issues might not be better than clos

Re: [Python-Dev] http://bugs.python.org/issue231540

2010-07-23 Thread Brian Curtin
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 18:39, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 24/07/2010 00:09, Paul Moore wrote: > >> On 23 July 2010 23:26, Mark Lawrence wrote: >> >>> Is there any money to pay for the forthcoming 10th birthday party for >>> this >>> issue? Is the OP still alive? >>> >> >> I'm not sure the sarcasm

[Python-Dev] http://bugs.python.org/issue231540

2010-07-23 Thread geremy condra
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Simon de Vlieger wrote: > On 24 July 2010 01:39, Mark Lawrence wrote: >> On 24/07/2010 00:09, Paul Moore wrote: >>> >>> On 23 July 2010 23:26, Mark Lawrence  wrote: Is there any money to pay for the forthcoming 10th birthday party for this issu

Re: [Python-Dev] http://bugs.python.org/issue231540

2010-07-23 Thread Simon de Vlieger
On 24 July 2010 01:39, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 24/07/2010 00:09, Paul Moore wrote: >> >> On 23 July 2010 23:26, Mark Lawrence  wrote: >>> >>> Is there any money to pay for the forthcoming 10th birthday party for >>> this >>> issue?  Is the OP still alive? >> >> I'm not sure the sarcasm helps muc

Re: [Python-Dev] http://bugs.python.org/issue231540

2010-07-23 Thread Terry Reedy
On 7/23/2010 6:26 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: Is there any money to pay for the forthcoming 10th birthday party for this issue? Is the OP still alive? This reminds me of some low priority items on my todo list ;-) Hmmm. Right now there are 756 open feature requests out of 2779 open issues. There

Re: [Python-Dev] http://bugs.python.org/issue231540

2010-07-23 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 24/07/2010 00:09, Paul Moore wrote: On 23 July 2010 23:26, Mark Lawrence wrote: Is there any money to pay for the forthcoming 10th birthday party for this issue? Is the OP still alive? I'm not sure the sarcasm helps much. What do you suggest should be done with the request? Nobody has pro

Re: [Python-Dev] http://bugs.python.org/issue231540

2010-07-23 Thread Paul Moore
On 23 July 2010 23:26, Mark Lawrence wrote: > Is there any money to pay for the forthcoming 10th birthday party for this > issue?  Is the OP still alive? I'm not sure the sarcasm helps much. What do you suggest should be done with the request? Nobody has provided a patch, so there's nothing to co

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2010-07-23 Thread Mark Lawrence
Is there any money to pay for the forthcoming 10th birthday party for this issue? Is the OP still alive? Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe