Re: [Distutils] Merge catalog-sig and distutils-sig

Donald Stufft <[email protected]> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:57:11 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.python.catalog,gmane.comp.python.distutils.devel
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On Mar 28, 2013, at 5:42 PM, Tres Seaver <[email protected]> wrote:

> Signed PGP part
> On 03/28/2013 04:32 PM, PJ Eby wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Donald Stufft <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >> On Mar 28, 2013, at 3:39 PM, PJ Eby <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> Can we do it by just dropping catalog-sig and keeping
> >>> distutils-sig? I'm afraid we might lose some important
> >>> distutils-sig population if the process involves renaming the
> >>> list, resubscribing, etc.  I also *really* don't want to
> >>> invalidate archive links to the distutils-sig archive.
> >>>=20
> >>> All in all, +1 on not having two lists, but I'm really worried
> >>> about "breaking" distutils-sig.  We're still going to be talking
> >>> about "distribution utilities", after all.
> >>=20
> >> Worst case I'm sure subscribers can be transferred and the existing
> >> archive kept intact.
> >=20
> > That's a great way to have a bunch of people complaining that they=20=

> > never subscribed to packaging-sig, not to mention the part where it=20=

> > breaks everyone's mail filters.
> >=20
> > I really don't see any gains for renaming the list.  It's not like =
we=20
> > can go and scrub the entire internet of references to distutils-sig.
>=20
> Not to mention breaking the gmane.org gateway, and those of us who sip
> the firehose there instead of trying to swallow it via e-mail.
>=20
>=20
> Tres.
> - --=20
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> Tres Seaver          +1 540-429-0999          [email protected]
> Palladion Software   "Excellence by Design"    http://palladion.com
>=20
>=20
> _______________________________________________
> Distutils-SIG maillist  -  [email protected]
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig

This problem is inherent no matter what name is picked. GMane will need =
updated and some messages will need sent to tell people about the new =
name. No matter what at least one name isn't going to be used anymore.

It's not that big of a deal.

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Donald Stufft
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