[meta-sig] SIG expiration time again

[Guido van Rossum]

> A whole bunch of SIGS have passed their expiry dates:
> 
> January: c++-sig 
> February: getopt-sig, parser-sig
> June: catalog-sig, db-sig, distutils-sig, doc-sig, edu-sig, 
>       i18n-sig, image-sig, xml-sig
> September: persistence-sig
> 
> The June expiries are all SIGs that are still going strong, with the
> possible exception of the i18n-sig (mostly getting spam, lately).  The
> others should all be renewed; June 2004 seems a reasonable date.  The
> c++-sig is lively; should it be renewed until June 2004, just to
> synchronize it?

All +1.  I would keep the i18n-sig around too, the subject isn't dead
by far.

> The parser-sig is mine; it's clearly dead, so I'll retire it.

OK.

> The getopt-sig hasn't seen a post since Dec. 2002, and optparse went
> into Python 2.3, so it should probably be retired.  Greg W., what say you?

OK with me.

> The persistence-sig hasn't seen anything substantial since Nov. 2002.
> Jeremy, is it still alive, and are you still willing to be SIG
> coordinator?

I'm +1 on killing it, but I'm willing to let Jeremy grovel a bit to
keep it alive.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)