Re: Retiring this mailing list ?

Marc-Andre Lemburg <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:41:25 +0100
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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,

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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14.11.2023 19:21, Steve Holden
      wrote:<br>
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          <div class="gmail_default">On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 at 10:18,
            Marc-Andre Lemburg &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]"
              moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">[email protected]</a>&gt;
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          <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>
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    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>
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cite="mid:CAMofdRAyncn=mo7KmT-m2NqTdS_WYK=_w7ze8EcAK+6j3BvTNw@mail.gmail.com">
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                  <div dir="ltr">Kind regards,</div>
                  <div dir="ltr">Steve<br>
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                  <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>
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    <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>
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Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

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