Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.tele.dk!feed118.news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:not': 0.03; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'subject:file': 0.07; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'bug': 0.12; 'itself.': 0.14; 'language.': 0.14; 'paragraphs,': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'singular': 0.16; 'spacing': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; 'subject:log': 0.16; 'wiki,': 0.16; 'wow,': 0.16; 'prevent': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'trying': 0.19; 'thanks.': 0.20; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'url:moin': 0.24; '---': 0.24; 'shown': 0.26; 'gets': 0.27; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; "i'm": 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'url:wiki': 0.31; 'week.': 0.33; 'url:python': 0.33; 'community': 0.33; 'ago': 0.33; 'problem': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'doubt': 0.36; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'next': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'list': 0.37; 'level': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'mailing': 0.39; 'either': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'space': 0.40; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'read': 0.60; 'free': 0.61; 'new': 0.61; 'viruses': 0.61; 'protection': 0.63; 'our': 0.64; 'here': 0.66; 'reply': 0.66; 'antivirus': 0.68; 'anything.': 0.68; 'fourth': 0.84; 'perceive': 0.84; 'received:2': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 10:51:05 +0000 References: <827c7585-6c2a-4329-861f-0fdaa629b050@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-2-98-198-214.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 140322-0, 22/03/2014), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 38 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1395485486 news.xs4all.nl 2960 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:50429 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:68764 On 22/03/2014 03:58, Mark H Harris wrote: > On 3/21/14 5:44 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: >> I'm pleased to see that you have answers. In return would you either use >> the mailing list https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list or >> read and action this https://wiki.python.org/moin/GoogleGroupsPython to >> prevent us seeing double line spacing and single line paragraphs, thanks. > > I perceive that this is your singular pet peeve, or, you were elected by > the python community some time ago to police the line-end problem ? > It's a pet peeve as:- a) trying to read something that's the fourth level of reply or higher to the original gets to be almost impossible as it's all white space and no substance. b) better tools exist c) the work around is shown on the Python wiki, not on the crappy, bug ridden gg site itself. Wow, it's like a sauna in here :) I doubt that the Python community would elect me to do anything. Anyhow I start my new job in the diplomatic corp next week. -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com