Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!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 0.055 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.90; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'vast': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'discussions?': 0.16; 'from:addr:torriem': 0.16; 'from:name:michael torrie': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; 'subject:dependencies': 0.16; 'subject:import': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'certainly': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'charge': 0.33; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'johnson': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'should': 0.36; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'subject:"': 0.60; 'more': 0.64; 'personally.': 0.84; 'refuses': 0.84; 'subject:history': 0.84; 'rick': 0.93 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at torriefamily.org Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:54:23 -0700 From: Michael Torrie User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20131118 Thunderbird/17.0.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: PyWart: "Python's import statement and the history of external dependencies" References: <066c46c8-a04d-4489-b15a-b603c1b1818b@googlegroups.com> <8661e407-4472-4208-97c2-f666f6502c67@googlegroups.com> <0bbe1c60-2b29-40f6-96e1-ac777f0c276f@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 9 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1416610475 news.xs4all.nl 2956 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:57339 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:81253 On 11/21/2014 01:29 PM, Rick Johnson wrote: > Not personally. But how will we *ever* know if he refuses to > participate in these discussions? Why should he participate in these discussions? Why should you be in charge of said discussions? By the way, Python has more than certainly borne fruit, and the vast majority of it is very good indeed.