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Mailman 2.1.12 - Python 2.4.[456] incompatibility
by Mark Sapiro 16 Mar '09

16 Mar '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 There is an internal inconsistency in the 3.0.2 email package that shipped with Python 2.4.4 through 2.4.6. This has to do with the Charset.Charset() constructor setting input_charset to a unicode which then causes TypeError: decoding Unicode is not supported exceptions in other parts of the email package. This problem does not seem to occur with email 3.0.1 and Python 2.4.[123]. This (along with other stuff) is discussed in the bug report at <https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/328353> and there is a patch for email/Charset.py at <http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23670138/Charset.py.patch> At this point, the best advice seems to be use Python 2.5 or 2.6 with Mailman 2.1.12. - -- Mark Sapiro <mark(a)msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) iD8DBQFJvpFfVVuXXpU7hpMRAt1PAKDJ6BY84Fx271paX1m4BrtUikMFvQCePbyg 8xyRMCTeV2GB5v0ZZhjCf7E= =ji8z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Mailman 2.1.12 final released.
by Mark Sapiro 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I am happy to announce the final release of Mailman 2.1.12. Since 2.1.12rc2 there have been a few bug fixes, the Polish translation has been updated and a couple of items have been added to the contrib directory. Mailman 2.1.12 is a minor bug fix and Python 2.6 compatibility release. The minimum Python for this release is Python 2.4 and it is compatible with Python through 2.6. The previous Mailman releases are not compatible with Python 2.6. See the release notes at <https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=653108&group_id=103> for more details. Mailman is free software for managing email mailing lists and e-newsletters. Mailman is used for all the python.org and SourceForge.net mailing lists, as well as at hundreds of other sites. For more information, including download links, please see: http://www.list.org http://mailman.sf.net http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman - -- Mark Sapiro <mark(a)msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) iD8DBQFJozBSVVuXXpU7hpMRAgBNAJ0SNpRHqlmRCHcW0L7f/Gxw+7Ro/QCgrfoA qMml0XJorulAaRiCi03e7OY= =fTrb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Mailman 2.1.12rc2 released.
by Mark Sapiro 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I am happy to announce the second release candidate of Mailman 2.1.12. Since 2.1.12rc1 there have been a few bug fixes and updates to the Dutch and Catalan translations. Mailman 2.1.12 is a minor bug fix and Python 2.6 compatibility release. The minimum Python for this release is Python 2.4 and it is compatible with Python through 2.6. The previous Mailman releases are not compatible with Python 2.6. See the release notes at <https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=653108&group_id=103> for more details. Mailman is free software for managing email mailing lists and e-newsletters. Mailman is used for all the python.org and SourceForge.net mailing lists, as well as at hundreds of other sites. For more information, including download links, please see: http://www.list.org http://mailman.sf.net http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman Note to translators: The mailman.pot is up to date in this release and has been merged with the individual message catalogs. If possible, please review your translations and submit any changes before February 20 if you want to get them in the 2.1.12 final release. - -- Mark Sapiro <mark(a)msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) iD8DBQFJjJIHVVuXXpU7hpMRAhsnAKDYNDPeP6ySt291ZGZNd/mn7rixCgCg5tXE URQ7k+s8ISZYUFuAbV7sH3Y= =RYYi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Mailman 2.x Roadmap
by Mark Sapiro 12 Jan '09

12 Jan '09

Barry has been making wonderful progress with Mailman 3.0 and has just announced the second alpha release. This may leave some of you wondering what's happening with the Mailman 2.x series, so this note is for all interested Mailman users, developers and translators to give an idea of what to expect in Mailman 2.x in the coming months. Within the next few days, I plan to release Mailman 2.1.12rc1. This release contains several minor bug fixes since 2.1.11 and is updated for compatibility with Python 2.6. It will not work with Python older than 2.4. In the absence of "show stopping" bugs, the only changes between this and the final 2.1.12 release will be translation updates. I expect to release the final by the end of January. After January, my focus will be on Mailman 2.2. This branch was originally intended to be an overhaul of Mailman's GUI, but that work is stalled and will be deferred to Mailman 2.3 or 3.0. The focus of Mailman 2.2 will be ongoing maintenance of the 2.x series and several small new features that have not been added in the 2.1 branch because of i18n considerations. I hope to be able to release a 2.2 beta before the end of March, 2009. -- Mark Sapiro <mark(a)msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan

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ANNOUNCE: GNU Mailman 3.0a2 (Grand Designs)
by Barry Warsaw 03 Jan '09

03 Jan '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello Mailpersons, I'm happy to announce the availability of GNU Mailman version 3.0 alpha 2, code name "Grand Designs". Of course, this is still an alpha snapshot and not suitable for production systems, however there is a lot of good functional stuff in this release that is worthy of a look. Because this is still alpha software, you can have a big influence on where the code goes from here. I'm especially interested in feedback from integrators, and I welcome your contribution. Mailman 3.0 alpha 2 should be functional enough to create mailing lists, connect them to your MTA, add and remove members, and send email to those lists. Incoming mail integration is currently only supported for Postfix via LMTP; contributions for other MTAs and incoming mechanisms are welcome. The web interface is still not functional, so for now you have to interact with Mailman via the command line. Please feel free to discuss Mailman 3 development on the mailman- developers mailing list. You can submit branches and bugs to the Launchpad bug tracker at https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman For detailed information on 3.0a2, please read docs/ALPHA.txt. This file explains how to build Mailman and run the test suite. The docs/ NEWS.txt file contains high level descriptions of what's changed since 3.0a1. Most notably are the new configuration system, the better test suite and installation process, and the new LMTP support. Mailman 3 also contains extensive doctests which explain how certain subsystems work. Please note that Python 2.6 is required. You can download the tarball either from the Cheeseshop or from Launchpad. An egg is available on the Cheeseshop. See: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/mailman/3.0.0a2 https://launchpad.net/mailman/+download for details. I hope you find this second snapshot useful and encouraging. Please participate! Enjoy, B. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAklfuV8ACgkQ2YZpQepbvXGRzACeLPvX9eeaPj4x9viw6qZqxgUA sawAn0iDsOHBMM6+RzfUJSQX9RORZTy/ =tTMG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Tracker migration to Launchpad
by Barry Warsaw 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 We're planning on migrating the current SourceForge trackers for the Mailman project to Launchpad, this Thursday at 1200 UTC. Expect the conversion to take several hours. The SF trackers will still be available during the conversion, though I will try to remove as much write access to them as possible. Please be aware that any changes that occur to SF issues during the conversion will be lost. I'll send another announcement when the conversion is complete. Cheers, - -Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iEUEARECAAYFAki9RGYACgkQ2YZpQepbvXHVzgCYpzfBr9n7WwGqoBRyIRXiqTA2 4wCeLCg5VfMH79n6JJh23Cu+UxccGbk= =UBTV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Fwd: Important Message from Contegix - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2
by Barry Warsaw 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Contegix is the hosting provider for wiki.list.org. The downtime will affect us, so this is an FYI. I don't think there's anything we need to do. - -Barry Begin forwarded message: > From: Contegix Notifications <notifications(a)contegix.com> > Date: August 12, 2008 10:04:32 AM EDT > To: notifications(a)contegix.com > Subject: Important Message from Contegix - Red Hat Enterprise Linux > 5.2 > Reply-To: notifications(a)contegix.com > Message-Id: <48A19870.2010204(a)contegix.com> > > Red Hat Enterprise Managed Customer: > > Red Hat has recently released RHEL 5.2, an update set to the RHEL v. > 5 platform. This update contains the following Security Advisories, > plus a number of other bug fix and feature enhancement updates. > > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2008-0436.html New redhat- > release package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0611.html nss_ldap bug fix > update > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html Important: > kernel security and bug fix update > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0649.html Moderate: > libxslt security update > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0486.html Moderate: nfs- > utils security update > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0544.html Moderate: php > security update > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0597.html Critical: > firefox security update > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0561.html Moderate: ruby > security update > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0581.html Moderate: bluez- > libs and bluez-utils security update > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0533.html Important: bind > security update > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0583.html Important: > openldap security update > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0556.html Important: > freetype security update > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0522.html Important: perl > security update > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0504.html Important: xorg- > x11-server security update > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0529.html Moderate: net- > snmp security update > > Additional information can be found in the release notes at http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.2/html/Release_… > or http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.2/html/Release_… > > Contegix has successfully tested these packages and confirm their > readiness for our managed customers. Your server updates have been > scheduled to take place during the following maintenance windows: > > Start: August 15, 2008 11:00 PM CDT > End: August 16, 2008 05:00 AM CDT > > Start: August 16, 2008 11:00 PM CDT > End: August 17, 2008 05:00 AM CDT > > Start: August 17, 2008 11:00 PM CDT > End: August 18, 2008 05:00 AM CDT > > Start: August 18, 2008 11:00 PM CDT > End: August 19, 2008 05:00 AM CDT > > Start: August 19, 2008 11:00 PM CDT > End: August 20, 2008 05:00 AM CDT > > Start: August 20, 2008 11:00 PM CDT > End: August 21, 2008 05:00 AM CDT > > Start: August 21, 2008 11:00 PM CDT > End: August 22, 2008 05:00 AM CDT > > Note that these updates will require a reboot of your server, which > we will perform following the successful application of all updates. > Please contact us if you have any specific requests. > > Sincerely, > Contegix Support > > --- > Contegix > 900 Walnut Street > Suite 700 > Saint Louis, MO 63102 > Phone: 314.622.6200 ext. 3 > Toll Free: 877.4.CONTEGIX ext. 3 > Fax: 314.621.8484 > E-mail: support(a)contegix.com > Beyond Managed Hosting(r) for Your Enterprise > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkihmvkACgkQ2YZpQepbvXGgdQCcDRNT0J1xsJN7pRMad9XdyORo Ni0An3/8qQ3LeCXmPQnAgqycPutN8M4I =FfuM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Scheduled downtime for wiki.list.org
by Barry Warsaw 04 Aug '08

04 Aug '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi everybody, Just a quick note that Contegix, our hosting provider for the wiki, will be performing a requested upgrade of the server at 0200 EDT on Tuesday, August 5. There is a 2 hour planned downtime for the upgrade. No other Mailman services will be affected. Cheers, - -Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkiXAGQACgkQ2YZpQepbvXGqmQCcCMBn0D5lDTm2e/p066PjMwBN NFIAoJ7B/gzfWGqcNEe0lZOP1o8UbA29 =HCPy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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2008 Pizzigati Prize
by Barry Warsaw 10 Jul '08

10 Jul '08

Last year, I was humbly honored to be awarded the 2007 Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest. This year, I am honored to serve on the awards committee for the 2008 prize. Attached is the PDF flyer announcing the 2008 prize. The application deadline is September 1st, 2008, which is rapidly approaching. Please spread this announcement far and wide and if you know of any worthy Open Sourcerers, please encourage them to apply. More information is available on the prize's site: http://www.pizzigatiprize.org Cheers, -Barry

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Donate to GNU Mailman!
by Barry Warsaw 06 Jul '08

06 Jul '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm very pleased to announce that you can now donate to the GNU Mailman project! https://www.fsf.org/donate/directed-donations/gnumailman/ The Free Software Foundation has established a directed donation fund for GNU Mailman. Most of your donation goes directly to GNU Mailman, with a small percentage going to help the FSF. You can now support both great organizations with one donation. As quoted on the donation page: "Your donation will be used to obtain equipment, services, development resources and other support for the GNU Mailman project. All expenditures will be approved by a committee chosen from core GNU Mailman maintainers, and will be fully disclosed on the main GNU Mailman website." Currently myself, Mark Sapiro and Terri Oda are serving as members of the informal Mailman Steering Committee. I'd like to thank Peter Brown at the FSF for help getting this set up over there. I'd also like to thank Jeff Marshall and Jeff Breidenbach from the Mail-Archive.com for their initial generous donation. As part of this kick-start, Mailman 3 will make it possible to easily archive your public mailing lists at www.mail-archive.com, including a permalink in the footer of all messages. More details on the donation program are available on the wiki: http://wiki.list.org/x/R4BJ Feel free to comment on that page with any questions, and we'll make sure to update the page with any additional information. Please consider supporting both GNU Mailman and the FSF with your donation. We thank you. - -Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkhw6k0ACgkQ2YZpQepbvXEo8ACffJq3QNTmNIDIR8Fa6x8e+sjT 2egAnArei7fdCEsIjNjcW7utRs6KHHCc =6VAj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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