Re: Retiring this mailing list ?
Marc-Andre Lemburg <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:41:25 +0100
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============1603282386746426577== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------AN8RH7HPX1fV6o1ty8RimhVU" Content-Language: en-US, de-DE This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------AN8RH7HPX1fV6o1ty8RimhVU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 14.11.2023 19:21, Steve Holden wrote: > On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 at 10:18, Marc-Andre Lemburg <[email protected]> wrote: > > [...] > > Question: Should we retire and archive this mailing list ? > (I'm asking as one of the maintainers of the ML) > > [...] > > Hi Marc-Andre, > > Maybe just require senders to be members of the python.org > <http://python.org> domain, and retain the release announcements? Well, the point is to reduce maintenance and keeping the ML alive would not lower this effort, since we get quite a bit of spam to the list. > > Kind regards, > Steve > > PS: Your mail triggered a visit to > https://www.python.org/community/lists/ - it seems it could use some > updates. For example, comp.lang.python-announce is a news URL, which > in this day and age will baffle most visitors! At the very least > the page could point to the Discourse list. Yes, the page could use some editing. c.l.p.a does have a corresponding ML associated with it. It's probably better to point to that instead of the newsgroup. If you have suggestions for edits, please forward them offline. I can then put them up there. Thanks, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Experts (#1, Nov 15 2023) >>> Python Projects, Coaching and Support ... https://www.egenix.com/ >>> Python Product Development ... https://consulting.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: We implement business ideas - efficiently in both time and costs ::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 https://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ https://www.malemburg.com/ --------------AN8RH7HPX1fV6o1ty8RimhVU Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14.11.2023 19:21, Steve Holden wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:CAMofdRAyncn=mo7KmT-m2NqTdS_WYK=_w7ze8EcAK+6j3BvTNw@mail.gmail.com"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="gmail_default">On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 at 10:18, Marc-Andre Lemburg <<a href="mailto:[email protected]" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br> </div> </div> <div class="gmail_quote"> <blockquote class="gmail_quote"><span class="gmail_default">[...]</span><br> <br> Question: Should we retire and archive this mailing list ?<br> (I'm asking as one of the maintainers of the ML)<br> <br> <span class="gmail_default">[...]</span></blockquote> <div class="gmail_default">Hi Marc-Andre,</div> <div class="gmail_default"><br> </div> <div class="gmail_default">Maybe just require senders to be members of the <a href="http://python.org" moz-do-not-send="true">python.org</a> domain, and retain the release announcements?</div> </div> </div> </blockquote> Well, the point is to reduce maintenance and keeping the ML alive would not lower this effort, since we get quite a bit of spam to the list.<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:CAMofdRAyncn=mo7KmT-m2NqTdS_WYK=_w7ze8EcAK+6j3BvTNw@mail.gmail.com"> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="gmail_quote"> <div class="gmail_default"><br> </div> <div> <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <div dir="ltr">Kind regards,</div> <div dir="ltr">Steve<br> </div> </div> <div dir="ltr"><br> </div> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="gmail_default">PS: Your mail triggered a visit to <a href="https://www.python.org/community/lists/" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.python.org/community/lists/</a> - it seems it could use some updates. For example, comp.lang.python-announce is a news URL, which in this day and age will baffle most visitors! At the very least the page could point to the Discourse list.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> <p>Yes, the page could use some editing.</p> <p>c.l.p.a does have a corresponding ML associated with it. It's probably better to point to that instead of the newsgroup.</p> <p>If you have suggestions for edits, please forward them offline. I can then put them up there.</p> <p>Thanks,<br> </p> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Experts (#1, Nov 15 2023) >>> Python Projects, Coaching and Support ... <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.egenix.com/">https://www.egenix.com/</a> >>> Python Product Development ... <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://consulting.egenix.com/">https://consulting.egenix.com/</a> ________________________________________________________________________ ::: We implement business ideas - efficiently in both time and costs ::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. 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