Re: [Distutils] Renaming this list to python-packaging

2018-04-09 Thread Barry Warsaw
Donald Stufft wrote: I don’t think we can rename a mailing list easily, we can create a new one and archive the old one but that has a lot of churn and breaks people’s filters, etc. Although it should be easier to rename if the list is migrated to Mailman 3 first. Please contact postmaster@

Re: [Distutils] Renaming this list to python-packaging

2018-03-20 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 20 March 2018 at 07:08, Paul Moore wrote: > Good point. I agree that not disrupting list users is more important > than the list name. > Yeah, this is the main reason we haven't changed the name already. I wondered if Mailman 3 might offer native support for list renames, but https://gitlab.c

Re: [Distutils] Renaming this list to python-packaging

2018-03-19 Thread Paul Moore
but, it causes more real pain than the theoretical pain the > current name causes. > > > > From: Distutils-SIG > On Behalf Of > Pradyun Gedam > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2018 1:30 PM > To: DistUtils Mailing List"" > Subject: [Distutils] Renaming this list to pyth

Re: [Distutils] Renaming this list to python-packaging

2018-03-19 Thread Alex Walters
Mailing List"" Subject: [Distutils] Renaming this list to python-packaging Hey all! Given the direction we're moving with PEP 517/518, I propose that we rename this list to something like python-packaging or something similar, to make it a more relavantly named place for hav

Re: [Distutils] Renaming this list to python-packaging

2018-03-19 Thread Donald Stufft
I don’t think we can rename a mailing list easily, we can create a new one and archive the old one but that has a lot of churn and breaks people’s filters, etc. > On Mar 19, 2018, at 1:39 PM, Paul Moore wrote: > > On 19 March 2018 at 17:30, Pradyun Gedam wrote: >> Hey all! >> >> Given the di

Re: [Distutils] Renaming this list to python-packaging

2018-03-19 Thread Pradyun Gedam
On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 at 23:09 Paul Moore wrote: > On 19 March 2018 at 17:30, Pradyun Gedam wrote: > > Hey all! > > > > Given the direction we're moving with PEP 517/518, I propose that we > rename > > this list to something like python-packaging or something similar, to > make > > it a more relav

Re: [Distutils] Renaming this list to python-packaging

2018-03-19 Thread Paul Moore
On 19 March 2018 at 17:30, Pradyun Gedam wrote: > Hey all! > > Given the direction we're moving with PEP 517/518, I propose that we rename > this list to something like python-packaging or something similar, to make > it a more relavantly named place for having discussions related to Python > Pack

[Distutils] Renaming this list to python-packaging

2018-03-19 Thread Pradyun Gedam
Hey all! Given the direction we're moving with PEP 517/518, I propose that we rename this list to something like python-packaging or something similar, to make it a more relavantly named place for having discussions related to Python Packaging in general. I'm curious what others think about this.