Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> writes: > Maybe that's an example of a user who doesn't know how to use those > support channels? I know I wouldn't bother with IRC even if it was the > only way to get in touch with users, I hate it with a vengeance. > (Though arguably I'm a special case -- whenever I show up everyone > goes "ooooh, Guido is here." :-) And I might not want to sign up for a > mailing list for a casual question. And what exactly is a "forum"?
By my understanding of English, a “forum” is any assembly for open discussion of a topic. Mailing lists, IRC channels, Usenet groups, and gatherings in a pub all merit the term “forum”; and no crappy web applications get to usurp its meaning exclusively. (Nothing to do with PyPI, just an appeal to keeping terms useful.) -- \ “I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.” | `\ —Groucho Marx | _o__) | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
