Re: [Python-Dev] windows installer and python list mention

2017-04-11 Thread Tim Golden
On 10/04/2017 21:48, Steve Dower wrote: I wasn't aware of [the need to subscribe to Python list] - I'm sure I've emailed the list before without it being rejected, and I'm certainly not subscribed. Is it a recent change? Is it necessary? As long as I've been involved, the list has been

Re: [Python-Dev] windows installer and python list mention

2017-04-10 Thread Brett Cannon
On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 at 14:32 Steve Dower wrote: > On 10Apr2017 1032, Ethan Furman wrote: > > Apparently the Windows installer mentions asking for help on Python List. > > Yay! People actually read some of that text in the installer :) > > Currently the installer has the

Re: [Python-Dev] windows installer and python list mention

2017-04-10 Thread Steve Dower
On 10Apr2017 1032, Ethan Furman wrote: Apparently the Windows installer mentions asking for help on Python List. Yay! People actually read some of that text in the installer :) Currently the installer has the following message after you run a Repair (from Tools/msi/bundle/Default.wxl): >

Re: [Python-Dev] windows installer and python list mention

2017-04-10 Thread Mark Lawrence via Python-Dev
On 10/04/2017 18:48, Nathaniel Smith wrote: On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Ethan Furman wrote: Some people find it easier to follow this and other lists via gmane (http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general), a service which offers a newsgroup interface to many

Re: [Python-Dev] windows installer and python list mention

2017-04-10 Thread Terry Reedy
On 4/10/2017 1:48 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Ethan Furman wrote: Some people find it easier to follow this and other lists via gmane (http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general), a service which offers a newsgroup interface to many

Re: [Python-Dev] windows installer and python list mention

2017-04-10 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Ethan Furman wrote: > Some people find it easier to follow this and other lists via gmane > (http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general), a service which > offers a newsgroup interface to many online mailing lists. Also, gmane has been

[Python-Dev] windows installer and python list mention

2017-04-10 Thread Ethan Furman
Apparently the Windows installer mentions asking for help on Python List. If accessing Python List directly via email it is necessary to subscribe first -- perhaps that could be mentioned? Bonus Python Points for mentioning the other methods that do not require subscribing. :) Rejection text