Good point. I agree that not disrupting list users is more important than the list name.
Paul On 19 March 2018 at 21:03, Alex Walters <tritium-l...@sdamon.com> wrote: > There is a technical limitation that we would not be renaming the list as > much as closing this one, and opening a new one. That creates any number of > social problems, for little to no benefit – the name is slightly more > relevant at the cost of breaking everyone’s subscriptions, and the mail > filters of anyone who filters. There are any number of glitches and > headaches for what end? > > > > It sounds nice but, it causes more real pain than the theoretical pain the > current name causes. > > > > From: Distutils-SIG > <distutils-sig-bounces+tritium-list=sdamon....@python.org> On Behalf Of > Pradyun Gedam > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2018 1:30 PM > To: DistUtils Mailing List"" <distutils-sig@python.org> > 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 having discussions related to Python > Packaging in general. > > > > I'm curious what others think about this. I'm definitely open to thoughts > and other ideas. :) > > > > Cheers, > > Pradyun > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig > _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
