I am proposing a single list to just discuss multi-vm issues so that it doesn't force all other VM contributors to sign up for python-dev if they don't care about language issues. We could hijack the stdlib-sig mailing list, but that isn't the right focus necessarily. On Jun 10, 2012 8:42 PM, "Guido van Rossum" <gu...@python.org> wrote:
> Really? Are we now proposing multiple lists? That just makes it easier > to miss stuff for me. > > On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 5:53 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Brett Cannon <br...@yvrsfo.ca> wrote: > >>> Well, the question is, are many python-dev discussions > CPython(specific? > >>> If not, then it doesn't make a lot of sense to create > python-implementations > >>> (and it's one more subscription to manage for those of us who want to > keep > >>> an eye on all core development-related discussions). > >>> > >> > >> But the other VMs don't necessarily care about the development of the > >> language, so when the occasional thing comes up regarding all the VMs, > >> should that require they follow python-dev in its entirety? And I don't > see > >> the list making sweeping decisions that would affect CPython and > python-dev > >> without bringing it up there later. Think of the proposed list more > like a > >> SIG than anything else. > > > > Yeah, I think it makes sense. With the current situation, the bridges > > between the implementations are limited to those with the personal > > bandwidth to follow their implementation's core list *and* python-dev. > > With a separate list, it becomes easier to get feedback on cases where > > we want to check that an idea we're considering is feasible for all > > the major implementations. > > > > It also creates a neutral space for the other VMs to discuss stuff > > like collaborating on pure Python versions of C implemented modules. > > If we can get to the point where there's a separate "stdlib-only" pure > > Python mirror based on CPython's Mercurial repo that other > > implementations can all share, *without* requiring changes to CPython > > itself, that would be pretty nice. > > > > Cheers, > > Nick. > > > > -- > > Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/guido%40python.org > > > > -- > --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) >
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