Mailing list software Update [Update]

[Jerry Feldman]

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On 19 Oct 2003 21:13:20 -0400
Bruce Dawson <jbd at codemeta.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 20:35, Jerry Feldman wrote:
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> > On 19 Oct 2003 20:14:21 -0400
> > Bruce Dawson <jbd at codemeta.com> wrote:
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> > > Errr. I've run into a hitch. The recent version of Mailman
> > > requires a later version of python - but there's a lot of other
> > > utilities that require the current version. (If the python
> > > libraries were upward compatible, I'd risk upgrading, but they
> > > don't appear to be).
> > > 
> > > Any ideas?
> > > 
> > > On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 11:55, Bruce Dawson wrote:
> > > > I will be attempting to upgrade the mailing list software on the
> > > > server this weekend, and possibly early next week. Be prepared
> > > > for some glitches. And please let the list know if you notice
> > > > any subtle problems.
> > > > ...
> > While I ran into the same problem, you can install the new version
> > of Python as a secondary version (we installed it as python2). I
> > just have not bitten the bullet and tried to install the new version
> > of mailman with that version of Python.
> 
> Jerry: thanks for the info; I always appreciate the help.
> 
> But won't this "mess things up" when you upgrade to the next release
> of the distribution or next release of Mailman? (I really like doing
> something other than sysadmin-ing on the nights and weekends.)
> 
> To the group at large: Does anyone have any objections to upgrading to
> the next release? (I probably should have asked this earlier, but I'm
> asking it now.)
Yes it is ugly. But, when you install the next version of the distro,
that is a major upgrade, and will probably include mailman. 

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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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