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[Python-Dev] Python Core Mentorship program

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Sat Mar 26 06:14:48 CET 2011 
On 3/25/2011 8:23 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Ben Finney<ben+python at benfinney.id.au>  wrote:
>> One of the great things about a discussion forum open view for the
>> public is that, when a topic comes up again in a *different* forum, I
>> can easily point anyone to the existing discussion without requiring
>> that they join some private group. That's invaluable for spreading
>> knowledge freely.
>>
>> If the goal of spreading knowledge isn't primary for the forum, I think
>> it's a bit misleading to call it mentorship. Sure, mentorship can still
>> be private; but it's pretty inefficient – and counter to the goal of
>> spreading knowledge – if only a private group gets to benefit from the
>> discussions.
>
> And that's why I made sure to point out that any more widely
> applicable information *will be incorporated into the devguide*.
>
> So rather than pointing people to a potentially meandering discussion,
> we'll be able to point them to a straightforward coherent answer,
> without all the false starts and clarifications that happen in a real
> mailing list conversation.

You mean like this one?  ;)

~Ethan~
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