ConFoo spam?

[Chris Withers]

Hi All,

Is it just me or does the mailing of just about every single
python-based project mailing list with a 90% form email advertising a
conference that only has one python track *and* clashes with PyCon feel
just a bit like spam?

I know it's enough to put me off even considering going to ConFoo,
whatever it is...

Chris

 

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Hi All,

Is it just me or does the mailing of just about every single
python-based project mailing list with a 90% form email advertising a
conference that only has one python track *and* clashes with PyCon
feel just a bit like spam?

I know it's enough to put me off even considering going to ConFoo,
whatever it is...

The post appeared on TurboGears lists as well - but I actually consider
it on-topic. We get enough other conference calls here, sometimes even
without an actual python-track, but instead catering to specific
scientific communities that might or might not use python.

I don't consider this spam. It is certainly less annoying than the
umpteenth GIL discussion...

Diez

 

[Jack Diederich]

The post appeared on TurboGears lists as well - but I actually consider
it on-topic. We get enough other conference calls here, sometimes even
without an actual python-track, but instead catering to specific
scientific communities that might or might not use python.

I don't consider this spam. It is certainly less annoying than the
umpteenth GIL discussion...

I don't consider it spam either and I subscribe to half the lists they
sent it to. People announce and talk about things of no interest to
me every day on python-list. You get used to it. [For the record
ConFoo /does/ interest me, but I can't take a week and a half off to
do that plus PyCon].

-Jack

 

[Raymond Hettinger]

[For the record
ConFoo /does/ interest me, but I can't take a week and a half off to
do that plus PyCon].

CooFoo is an excellent conference. Even in the non-python tracks,
there are plenty of high quality talks that would be of interest
to people tracking this list. I learned quite a bit last year.


Raymond