And it seems I forgot both [1] and [2], there you go.

[1]
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2022-August/msg00004.html
[2]
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2022-September/msg00018.html

On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 10:43 PM Andrea Veri <a...@gnome.org> wrote:

> Pete,
>
> what you're saying is a honestly a bit unfair, lists decommission has been
> communicated multiple times over the past few months, see [1] and [2], but
> what's even more discouraging is seeing users on your list mentioning we're
> switching to *Discord*, or others not even understanding Discourse has the
> same mailing list workflow that you have today but has some sugar added on
> top for people who like web forums and other features Discourse provides.
> I'm not forcing you to remain, but I'd appreciate you trying to
> recreate your workflow in Discourse: that is totally possible and I can
> work with you and any other stakeholder to make sure that happens.
>
> There's a subset of lists (the l10n ones) which have requested an
> exception from October's deadline, we can surely offer that in case you
> want some more time in order to migrate somewhere else or just give
> Discourse a try. But please, very please, let's just stop complaining for
> the sake of doing so and without having even tried using the new tool.
>
> Thanks,
>
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 8:24 PM Pete Biggs <p...@biggs.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Andrea -
>>
>> I hope you are following the Evolution list.  You certainly haven't
>> been "communicating" anything to the Evolution list about this until
>> now and it is the first that most people know about it.
>>
>> It's really disappointing to see you close down a mailing list that has
>> been active and useful for 20 years with just a few days notice. That's
>> not really good "community engagement".
>>
>> It seems really bizarre that you are getting rid of a mailing list for
>> a mail client.
>>
>> I know the attitude will be "tough, they'll get over it", but it's not
>> going to win over the hearts and minds of your constituency.
>>
>> Pete
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 2022-10-20 at 13:09 +0200, Andrea Veri wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > As we have been communicating during the past few months GNOME's
>> > Mailman platform is being decommissioned (python2 deprecation, major
>> > burden in managing lists spam). The deadline is currently set to the
>> > end of October 2022. Mailing list subscribers are invited to migrate
>> > to GNOME's Discourse instance [1]. Neil made sure [2] to create a set
>> > of tags you can re-use to initiate a new topic in the new platform,
>> > if a tag is missing please reach out to me directly.
>> >
>> > Jehan (from the GIMP Team) kindly provided some instructions you can
>> > follow [3] in order to safely migrate your reading workflow to
>> > Discourse. The new platform supports several login methods including
>> > your GNOME Account and other major OpenID providers.
>> >
>> > After the deadline of the end of October Mailman archives will remain
>> > alive in read only mode for posterity. If the mailing list was used
>> > behind an alias, please let me know so we can re-do the same setup
>> > but on Discourse instead.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > P.S All the l10n lists are still pending code changes in damned-lies,
>> > the deadline to decommission those lists may slip by a week or two
>> > depending how soon those changes will be made available in DL
>> > codebase
>> >
>> > [1] https://discourse.gnome.org
>> > [2]
>> > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2022-September/msg
>> > 00018.html
>> > [3]
>> > https://discourse.gnome.org/t/welcome-to-gimp-forum-on-gnome-discours
>> > e/11534/5
>> >
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>
> --
> Cheers,
> Andrea
>
> Principal Systems Engineer at Red Hat,
> GNOME Infrastructure Team Coordinator,
> Former GNOME Foundation Board of Directors Secretary,
> GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee Chairman
>
> Homepage: https://www.dragonsreach.it
>


-- 
Cheers,
Andrea

Principal Systems Engineer at Red Hat,
GNOME Infrastructure Team Coordinator,
Former GNOME Foundation Board of Directors Secretary,
GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee Chairman

Homepage: https://www.dragonsreach.it
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