Terri Oda writes:
But there's only a handful of developers working on this, and I think the overhead, however small, is more than it's worth at the moment. So maybe we could keep them integrated for now until it's more clearly a win to split the tree off?
What worries me is that pipermail's "integration" with Mailman has been a blocker (at the very least, sufficiently enthusiasm-sapping) for real improvements in Mailman's archiving system for about a *decade*. OK, so the new archiver/searcher is whizzy and nice, but realistically, people are going to find a million use cases that the new system doesn't do yet. Some people will prefer pipermail (if only from inertia). Some will want to use a third-party system. It needs to be easy for people to choose.
If we don't do the surgery now, when will it get done?