[meta-sig] New email package SIG

[Guido van Rossum]

> Now that the email package is standard in Python, I want to retire the
> (misnamed) mimelib project at SourceForge.  I think this project has
> served us well, but it's time to move things back into the regular
> Python flow.  To that end, I've essentially disabled as much of the
> public info for the project as possible.
> 
> However, there's still work to be done, specifically on a version 3.0 of
> the API, which will buff off the last <wink> of the rough edges,
> integrate Anthony's new parser, etc.  Sounds like a perfect mission for
> a SIG to me!
> 
> So I'm proposing a formal email-sig at python.org.  I've actually already
> created the mailing list, and unless there are no objections, I'd like
> to make this a formal SIG.  We can't actually remove the mimelib-devel
> mailing list, but I suggest we all ignore it, except for archival
> purposes.
> 
> I intend to be the SIG shepherd, along with Jason Mastaler (nice of me
> to volunteer you, eh? :).  It's mission is to design and implement email
> package 3.0 in time for Python 2.4, fixing the things described above
> while maintaining backward compatibility if at all possible.  I'd like
> for this SIG to expire the day Python 2.4 is released, but who knows
> when that will happen. :/  So let's say this SIG expires one year from
> now -- September 2004, with possible extensions as necessary.
> 
> All in favor?  All opposed?
> -Barry

Aye, sir!

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