We are keeping pythonmac-sig.

Jack Jansen via Pythonmac-SIG <[email protected]> Mon, 26 May 2025 16:29:18 +0200
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Ok folks,
There seems to be enough interest to keep the list, and it isn=E2=80=99t =
enough of a burden on me.

We=E2=80=99ve now moved to mailman 3.

Regards,
Jack

> On 21 May 2025, at 22:27, [email protected] wrote:
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>> On May 16, 2025, at 6:52=E2=80=AFPM, Matthew Dixon Cowles =
<[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Jack,
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>>> I just got a mail from the Python mailman server admin that they
>>> will shortly be upgrading the mailman server, and the question is
>>> whether to keep the Pythonmac-SIG mailing list alive or archive it.
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>>> Personally I don=E2=80=99t mind archiving it, we've had about 2-4
>>> messages per year over the last years.
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>> I think that the fact that there isn't a lot of traffic should be
>> taken as a sign of success. You and the other people who work on the
>> releases deserve a lot of credit.
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>> For myself, I'm glad that there's a place where it's possible to get
>> the attention of the platform experts because very occasionally a
>> platform issue comes up. For example, a month ago we got a question
>> over on the python-help list about Python for Windows on ARM and it
>> was a little trouble tracking down someone who could answer it. (In
>> case anyone's curious: Python for Windows on ARM isn't on Microsoft's
>> store because few binary modules are compiled for it and Microsoft
>> doesn't want users to be mad and/or confused when, for example, "pip
>> install pandas" doesn't work for it.)
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>> That said, I don't much mind whether that place is here on this list
>> or over on a section of the PSF's web board. I tend to like mailing
>> lists a little more, but that's a very minor thing.
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> Similarly, I'd like for there to be somewhere to go, and the list is =
convenient, but as long as the archiving comes along with an official =
designation of a thread on the Discourse board or something, that's all =
I would need to be happy.
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> -g
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folks,<div>There seems to be enough interest to keep the list, and it =
isn=E2=80=99t enough of a burden on me.</div><div><br></div><div>We=E2=80=99=
ve now moved to mailman =
3.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Jack<br =
id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div>On 21 May 2025, at 22:27, [email protected] =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta =
charset=3D"UTF-8"><blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"font-family: =
Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: =
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normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; =
text-decoration: none;"><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline">On May =
16, 2025, at 6:52=E2=80=AFPM, Matthew Dixon Cowles =
&lt;[email protected]&gt; wrote:<br><br>Jack,<br><br><blockquote =
type=3D"cite">I just got a mail from the Python mailman server admin =
that they<br>will shortly be upgrading the mailman server, and the =
question is<br>whether to keep the Pythonmac-SIG mailing list alive or =
archive it.<br></blockquote><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">Personally I =
don=E2=80=99t mind archiving it, we've had about 2-4<br>messages per =
year over the last years.<br></blockquote><br>I think that the fact that =
there isn't a lot of traffic should be<br>taken as a sign of success. =
You and the other people who work on the<br>releases deserve a lot of =
credit.<br><br>For myself, I'm glad that there's a place where it's =
possible to get<br>the attention of the platform experts because very =
occasionally a<br>platform issue comes up. For example, a month ago we =
got a question<br>over on the python-help list about Python for Windows =
on ARM and it<br>was a little trouble tracking down someone who could =
answer it. (In<br>case anyone's curious: Python for Windows on ARM isn't =
on Microsoft's<br>store because few binary modules are compiled for it =
and Microsoft<br>doesn't want users to be mad and/or confused when, for =
example, "pip<br>install pandas" doesn't work for it.)<br><br>That said, =
I don't much mind whether that place is here on this list<br>or over on =
a section of the PSF's web board. I tend to like mailing<br>lists a =
little more, but that's a very minor thing.<br></blockquote><br =
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12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; =
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text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; =
display: inline !important;">Similarly, I'd like for there to be =
somewhere to go, and the list is convenient, but as long as the =
archiving comes along with an official designation of a thread on the =
Discourse board or something, that's all I would need to be =
happy.</span><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: =
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