Larry Martell wrote, on January 09, 2017 4:11 PM > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 5:33 PM, Deborah Swanson > <pyt...@deborahswanson.net> wrote: > > Ok, here is the crux of this thread's communication problem. I didn't > > ask, or particularly care for all these lectures on the technology of > > terminal emulators. I asked how to code Python to make clickable links. > > > > Since all of you are quite obviously passionate about terminal > > emulators, I would suggest that you start your own thread. Except that > > it would have nothing to do with Python, and would be OT for this > > list. What you're doing instead is thread jacking, hijacking a thread > > to talk about a different topic. And in every list I've ever been on, > > thread jacking is considered to be very rude. And it's also confusing > > if the two topics are similar, which is exactly what happened here. > > Once you start a thread and put it out in the ether, it takes > on a life of its own, and cannot be controlled by anyone. > That is true more on this list then any other of the 100's > I've been on. And it's why I love it here.
Fair enough. I only suggested that they could have started their own thread, but mainly just to point out that they would have been off-topic if they did. I didn't demand that they do so, I just wanted them to think about it. I also prefer a loosely controlled list, and a freewheeling list is ideal, but it only works well if people exercise basic politeness and common sense. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
