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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] is this thing on?
To: Daniil Gentili <daniil@daniil.it>, internals@lists.php.net
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From: tim@bastelstu.be (=?UTF-8?Q?Tim_D=C3=BCsterhus?=)

Hi

On 2/26/24 10:56, Daniil Gentili wrote:
> even ignoring all the deliverability issues, I don't think using a
> mailing list is a good idea for a modern programming language, seeking

And neither is GitHub Discussions. When I have the choice between GitHub 
Discussions and a mailing list, I'd take a mailing list all day, every 
day. See also this previous email of mine: 
https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/120010

> exclusively github issues and pull request discussions, I believe that
> the mailing list is nothing more than a redundant relic of the past.

Mailing lists are fine and PHP is not the only project using them. The 
Linux kernel successfully uses them, the HAProxy project does as well 
and so does Debian.

Best regards
Tim Düsterhus