[Chicago] list name [chicago] vs. [chipy]

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Mon Jul 17 05:15:13 CEST 2006


    >> Why is this list called [Chicago] instead of [ChiPy]? Didn't it used
    >> to be [ChiPy]? Or did I miss something? The [Chicago] tag in the
    >> email subject line is so no descript.

    David> Actually, it has to do with it being hosted through the
    David> python.org website now instead of by Chris.  If I remember
    David> correctly, we went with chicago to follow a loose convention of
    David> other lists on python.org.

Right.  We discussed it at the time of the switch to an @python.org address
and felt that people would be more likely to recognize "chicago" than
"chipy".  If I google for "chicago python", the top three hits are related
to this group or its wiki.

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