#35908: Retire django-developers and django-users mailing list
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Reporter: Thibaud Colas | Owner: (none)
Type: | Status: new
Cleanup/optimization |
Component: Documentation | Version: 5.1
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: community, docs, | Triage Stage:
support, onboarding | Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Description changed by Thibaud Colas:
Old description:
> Following the forum thread ([https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/proposal-
> retiring-django-users-and-django-developers-mailing-lists/35747 Proposal:
> retiring django-users and django-developers mailing lists]), we can now
> move ahead with updating the developer documentation to remove or
> contextualize references to the django-developers and django-users
> mailing list.
>
> There is a lot of content that needs removing, but in some cases it might
> make sense to replace the references to those mailing lists with a link
> to the Django Forum, or specific forum categories. Also worth noting the
> django-announce and django-updates mailing list are staying as-is.
>
> == Removal tasks
>
> - [ ] remove 2x mailing lists from the
> [https://github.com/thibaudcolas/django/blob/main/docs/internals/howto-
> release-django.txt#L132 How to release Django] docs
> - [ ] Remove django-users from the
> [https://github.com/thibaudcolas/django/blob/main/docs/faq/help.txt#L24
> FAQ - How do I do X]
> - [ ] Remove
> [https://github.com/thibaudcolas/django/blob/main/docs/faq/help.txt#L44
> Why hasn't my message appeared on *django-users*?] from the FAQ: Getting
> help
> - [ ] Remove
> [https://github.com/thibaudcolas/django/blob/main/docs/faq/help.txt#L71
> You might notice we have a second mailing list] paragraph from the FAQ:
> Getting help
> - [ ] Remove the 4x subscription and posting email addresses from
> [https://github.com/thibaudcolas/django/blob/main/docs/internals/mailing-
> lists.txt#L33 Mailing lists and Forum]
> - [ ] Remove the django-users mention on the
> [https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/internals/contributing/index.txt#L29
> Contributing to Django] index.
> - [ ] Remove 4x mentions of django-developers from the
> [https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/internals/organization.txt#L218
> Organization of the Django Project] docs
> - [ ] Remove 3x django-developers mentions on
> [https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/internals/contributing
> /committing-code.txt#L113 Comitting code]
> - [ ] Remove 6x django-developers mentions on
> [https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/internals/contributing
> /triaging-tickets.txt#L312 Triaging tickets]
> - [ ] Remove 4x django-developers mentions on
> [https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/internals/contributing
> /writing-code/submitting-patches.txt#L157 Submitting contributions]
> - [ ] Remove 1x django-developers mention from
> [https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/intro/contributing.txt#L44
> Writing your first contribution for Django]
>
> == Rewrite tasks
>
> - [ ] Rewrite the
> [https://github.com/thibaudcolas/django/blob/main/docs/internals/mailing-
> lists.txt#L33 Mailing lists and Forum] explanations for django-users and
> django-developers to explain the mailing lists still exist and contain
> valuable history
> - [ ] Replace the 4x django-users and django-developers mentions on
> [https://github.com/thibaudcolas/django/blob/main/docs/internals/contributing
> /bugs-and-features.txt#L20 Reporting bugs and requesting features] to
> instead point to the forum
> - [ ] Replace the django-users and IRC links on the
> [https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/intro/whatsnext.txt#L126
> What to read next] with a link to the
> [https://www.djangoproject.com/community/ Django Community] page
> - [ ] Replace the django-users mention on
> [https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/ref/contrib/index.txt#L141
> contrib apps index] with a link to the Django forum
>
> == Do nothing
>
> - Keep the rst_epilog references in the Sphinx config for now
> - Keep any references to the mailing lists in historical docs (for
> example old release notes)
New description:
Following the forum thread ([https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/proposal-
retiring-django-users-and-django-developers-mailing-lists/35747 Proposal:
retiring django-users and django-developers mailing lists]), we can now
move ahead with updating the developer documentation to remove or
contextualize references to the django-developers and django-users mailing
list.
There is a lot of content that needs removing, but in some cases it might
make sense to replace the references to those mailing lists with a link to
the Django Forum, or specific forum categories. Also worth noting the
django-announce and django-updates mailing list are staying as-is.
== Removal tasks
- [ ] remove 2x mailing lists from the
[https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/internals/howto-release-
django.txt#L132 How to release Django] docs
- [ ] Remove django-users from the
[https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/faq/help.txt#L24 FAQ -
How do I do X]
- [ ] Remove
[https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/faq/help.txt#L44 Why
hasn't my message appeared on *django-users*?] from the FAQ: Getting help
- [ ] Remove
[https://github.com/thibaudcolas/django/blob/main/docs/faq/help.txt#L71
You might notice we have a second mailing list] paragraph from the FAQ:
Getting help
- [ ] Remove the 4x subscription and posting email addresses from
[https://github.com/thibaudcolas/django/blob/main/docs/internals/mailing-
lists.txt#L33 Mailing lists and Forum]
- [ ] Remove the django-users mention on the
[https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/internals/contributing/index.txt#L29
Contributing to Django] index.
- [ ] Remove 4x mentions of django-developers from the
[https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/internals/organization.txt#L218
Organization of the Django Project] docs
- [ ] Remove 3x django-developers mentions on
[https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/internals/contributing
/committing-code.txt#L113 Comitting code]
- [ ] Remove 6x django-developers mentions on
[https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/internals/contributing
/triaging-tickets.txt#L312 Triaging tickets]
- [ ] Remove 4x django-developers mentions on
[https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/internals/contributing
/writing-code/submitting-patches.txt#L157 Submitting contributions]
- [ ] Remove 1x django-developers mention from
[https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/intro/contributing.txt#L44
Writing your first contribution for Django]
== Rewrite tasks
- [ ] Rewrite the
[https://github.com/thibaudcolas/django/blob/main/docs/internals/mailing-
lists.txt#L33 Mailing lists and Forum] explanations for django-users and
django-developers to explain the mailing lists still exist and contain
valuable history
- [ ] Replace the 4x django-users and django-developers mentions on
[https://github.com/thibaudcolas/django/blob/main/docs/internals/contributing
/bugs-and-features.txt#L20 Reporting bugs and requesting features] to
instead point to the forum
- [ ] Replace the django-users and IRC links on the
[https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/intro/whatsnext.txt#L126
What to read next] with a link to the
[https://www.djangoproject.com/community/ Django Community] page
- [ ] Replace the django-users mention on
[https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/ref/contrib/index.txt#L141
contrib apps index] with a link to the Django forum
== Do nothing
- Keep the rst_epilog references in the Sphinx config for now
- Keep any references to the mailing lists in historical docs (for example
old release notes)
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