Jim Popovitch writes: > On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 3:04 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull <step...@xemacs.org> > wrote: > > is something you should look at before deciding to stay with a product > > after end-of-line. > > Doesn't this list traffic and interest prove that mm2x is nowhere near > end of life? I mean the interest is here, should that be actively > discouraged?
Note that I very carefully avoided the term "end of life". LISP lives! (though it has long since been title-cased). The interest that matters is not in being a v2.1 user -- we know about that. It's in providing support to v2.1 users. Mark's is waning (aside from repeatedly stating that 2.1 releases are not going to continue for much longer, he's already supporting 3.x lists for at least two organizations and seemed to be enjoying himself hugely at the sprint on Mailman 3 at PyCon). I'm definitely committed to Mailman 3, and I'm finding the time I spend on this list a burden. All the other developers have long since found the exit. Whose interest in this task is waxing? I'm not going to say that user-supported software whose core developers have moved on can't work (eg, qmail), but it's rare. And this particular thread requires a programmer to hack on it. Are there volunteers? If not, the way forward is Mailman 3. Of course those who are perfectly satisfied with Mailman 2 can keep using it, and keep supporting each other with tips about regexps etc: "bitrot" is a myth. But new features will be added to Mailman 2 only if they are one-liners, as I interpret Mark's changes for the last couple of years. Steve ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
