From waterbug at pangalactic.us Mon Jun 23 04:30:40 2014 From: waterbug at pangalactic.us (Steve Waterbury) Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 22:30:40 -0400 Subject: [meta-sig] No list of "active sigs" or "retired sigs" on python.org? Message-ID: <53A79150.3040803@pangalactic.us> Hi SIG-sters, Man, this has gotta be the quietest mailing list I ever joined! ;) The archives are tiny! Anyhow, sorry to barge in and talk over the crickets, but I was just checking python.org to see if there still existed an XML SIG -- not surprisingly it appears there isn't one (at least judging by their mailing list archives, which end in 2012, albeit without an email announcing the retirement of the SIG). So then I noticed that on , although there's lots of useful information about SIGs, it says "Below is the list of currently active Python SIGs, with links to their resources" -- which is then conspicuous by its absence. Also, the page says "These are SIGs that existed in the past but are no longer active." -- but there is no list on that page either. Just wanted to let whoever maintains those pages know. Probably better to have at least a placeholder message saying "There are no currently active SIGs" than just nothing. One is lead to wonder if there really are none or if something that was supposed to generate the list(s) failed. Cheers, Steve From mal at egenix.com Mon Jun 23 09:54:16 2014 From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 09:54:16 +0200 Subject: [meta-sig] No list of "active sigs" or "retired sigs" on python.org? In-Reply-To: <53A79150.3040803@pangalactic.us> References: <53A79150.3040803@pangalactic.us> Message-ID: <53A7DD28.8010000@egenix.com> On 23.06.2014 04:30, Steve Waterbury wrote: > Hi SIG-sters, > > Man, this has gotta be the quietest mailing list I ever joined! > ;) The archives are tiny! Anyhow, sorry to barge in and talk > over the crickets, but I was just checking python.org to see if > there still existed an XML SIG -- not surprisingly it appears > there isn't one (at least judging by their mailing list archives, > which end in 2012, albeit without an email announcing the > retirement of the SIG). The SIG list still exists: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/xml-sig > So then I noticed that on > , although there's lots > of useful information about SIGs, it says "Below is the list of > currently active Python SIGs, with links to their resources" -- > which is then conspicuous by its absence. > > Also, the page > says "These are SIGs that existed in the past but are no longer > active." -- but there is no list on that page either. > > Just wanted to let whoever maintains those pages know. Probably > better to have at least a placeholder message saying "There are > no currently active SIGs" than just nothing. One is lead to > wonder if there really are none or if something that was supposed > to generate the list(s) failed. This is a migration bug: https://github.com/python/pythondotorg/issues/89 The old site still has the lists: http://legacy.python.org/community/sigs/ http://legacy.python.org/community/sigs/retired/ Someone would need to convert the two tables to ReST and add them to the pages on the new site. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Jun 23 2014) >>> Python Projects, Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope/Plone.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2014-06-17: Released eGenix PyRun 2.0.0 ... http://egenix.com/go58 2014-07-02: Python Meeting Duesseldorf ... 9 days to go 2014-07-21: EuroPython 2014, Berlin, Germany ... 28 days to go eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ From mal at egenix.com Mon Jun 23 10:16:30 2014 From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 10:16:30 +0200 Subject: [meta-sig] No list of "active sigs" or "retired sigs" on python.org? In-Reply-To: <53A7DD28.8010000@egenix.com> References: <53A79150.3040803@pangalactic.us> <53A7DD28.8010000@egenix.com> Message-ID: <53A7E25E.8040204@egenix.com> On 23.06.2014 09:54, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > On 23.06.2014 04:30, Steve Waterbury wrote: >> Hi SIG-sters, >> >> Man, this has gotta be the quietest mailing list I ever joined! >> ;) The archives are tiny! Anyhow, sorry to barge in and talk >> over the crickets, but I was just checking python.org to see if >> there still existed an XML SIG -- not surprisingly it appears >> there isn't one (at least judging by their mailing list archives, >> which end in 2012, albeit without an email announcing the >> retirement of the SIG). > > The SIG list still exists: > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/xml-sig > >> So then I noticed that on >> , although there's lots >> of useful information about SIGs, it says "Below is the list of >> currently active Python SIGs, with links to their resources" -- >> which is then conspicuous by its absence. >> >> Also, the page >> says "These are SIGs that existed in the past but are no longer >> active." -- but there is no list on that page either. >> >> Just wanted to let whoever maintains those pages know. Probably >> better to have at least a placeholder message saying "There are >> no currently active SIGs" than just nothing. One is lead to >> wonder if there really are none or if something that was supposed >> to generate the list(s) failed. > > This is a migration bug: > > https://github.com/python/pythondotorg/issues/89 > > The old site still has the lists: > > http://legacy.python.org/community/sigs/ > http://legacy.python.org/community/sigs/retired/ > > Someone would need to convert the two tables to ReST and > add them to the pages on the new site. I fixed the two pages now. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Jun 23 2014) >>> Python Projects, Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope/Plone.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2014-06-17: Released eGenix PyRun 2.0.0 ... http://egenix.com/go58 2014-07-02: Python Meeting Duesseldorf ... 9 days to go 2014-07-21: EuroPython 2014, Berlin, Germany ... 28 days to go eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/