From the NEWS file:
* Major redesign of the template search system, fixing LP: #788309. $var_dir is now used when search for all template overrides, site, domain, or mailing list. The in-tree English templates are used only as a last fallback. ** Changed in: mailman Assignee: (unassigned) => Barry Warsaw (barry) ** Changed in: mailman Milestone: None => 3.0.0b1 ** Changed in: mailman Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mailman Coders, which is subscribed to GNU Mailman. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/788309 Title: Allow $var_dir templates to override in-tree templates To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/788309/+subscriptions