[meta-sig] SIG expiration time again
Guido van Rossum
guido at python.org
Thu Sep 11 13:55:12 EDT 2003
> 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/)
More information about the Meta-sig
mailing list