[python-win32] Moving pywin32 source from Sourceforge to Github

[Tim Golden]

On 09/10/2017 07:51, Mark Hammond wrote:
> Hi all,
>    Sourceforge appears to be in its death throes, and with Python moving
> to git/github I've decided to do the same. I hope that this might
> encourage more contributors, particularly for better supporting
> PyPi/pip, creating wheels etc.
> 
> Effective immediately, the new repo for pywin32 is
> https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32.
> 
> At some stage I will cleanup the old HG repo (eg, possibly create a
> final checkin which removes all files and adds a readme pointer to
> github) and I'll move the existing relevant issues from sourceforge to
> github - although I looked briefly at "importing" all the old issues I
> don't think there's enough value in keeping some of the ancient issues
> around in github - they will still be available in sourceforge.
> 
> I haven't yet decided what to do about distributing binaries, but it's
> likely I'll also use github for that and move the old binaries from
> sourceforge - but for now, all binaries are still available on sourceforge.
> 
> Note also that I'm about to leave on a 4 week vacation, so most of this
> will not happen until I'm back, but I wanted to make this announcement
> before I left so any potential contributors can get started.

Thanks, Mark. I think that's good news overall. I don't know that it's 
been a showstopper, but SF has been a bit of a pain to navigate and use 
for some while now. Shame, but there it is.

TJG

PS The archives for this list appear to have stalled; I'll ping the 
postmaster