> On May 16, 2025, at 6:52 PM, Matthew Dixon Cowles <m...@mondoinfo.com> wrote: > > Jack, > >> I just got a mail from the Python mailman server admin that they >> will shortly be upgrading the mailman server, and the question is >> whether to keep the Pythonmac-SIG mailing list alive or archive it. > >> Personally I don’t mind archiving it, we've had about 2-4 >> messages per year over the last years. > > I think that the fact that there isn't a lot of traffic should be > taken as a sign of success. You and the other people who work on the > releases deserve a lot of credit. > > For myself, I'm glad that there's a place where it's possible to get > the attention of the platform experts because very occasionally a > platform issue comes up. For example, a month ago we got a question > over on the python-help list about Python for Windows on ARM and it > was a little trouble tracking down someone who could answer it. (In > case anyone's curious: Python for Windows on ARM isn't on Microsoft's > store because few binary modules are compiled for it and Microsoft > doesn't want users to be mad and/or confused when, for example, "pip > install pandas" doesn't work for it.) > > That said, I don't much mind whether that place is here on this list > or over on a section of the PSF's web board. I tend to like mailing > lists a little more, but that's a very minor thing.
Similarly, I'd like for there to be somewhere to go, and the list is convenient, but as long as the archiving comes along with an official designation of a thread on the Discourse board or something, that's all I would need to be happy. -g _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG mailing list -- pythonmac-sig@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to pythonmac-sig-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/pythonmac-sig.python.org Member address: arch...@mail-archive.com
