Mailman 3 September 1999 - Mailman-Developers

1.0.1 bug in newlist?
by Ron Jarrell 02 Sep '99

02 Sep '99

I installed the most recent snapshot on my test machine, and all s seems to be working fine, except newlist suddenly died... % ~mailman/bin/newlist testlist jarrell(a)vt.edu pass Traceback (innermost last): File "/home/mailman/bin/newlist", line 146, in ? raise SystemExit(main(sys.argv)) File "/home/mailman/bin/newlist", line 85, in main newlist = MailList.MailList() File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 59, in __init__ self.InitTempVars(name, lock) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 263, in InitTempVars self.__lock = LockFile.LockFile( File "/usr/local/lib/python1.5/posixpath.py", line 43, in join if b[:1] == '/': AttributeError: __getslice__

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cvs archive
by Ron Jarrell 02 Sep '99

02 Sep '99

I'm trying to use the CVS server to pull a copy of the current code (particularly the fixes to the archiver, since mine 1.0s occasionally still goes psychotic and puts the wrong message under a given index entry). Following the instructions I found in the archives, I made a new directory, cd'd into it, and did: (using cvs-1.10, on solaris 7) % cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.python.org:/projects/cvsroot login (Logging in to anoncvs(a)cvs.python.org) CVS password: (I entered anoncvs) cvs [login aborted]: authorization failed: server cvs.python.org rejected access Is something wrong on *my* end, or the other end?

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How Do I Volunteer for a To Do list item?
by Listwrangler 01 Sep '99

01 Sep '99

I've been prowling around the site and couldn't help notice that one of my pet peeves is on the to-do list -- documentation! I'm a former professional author and editor who's currently in the process of switching careers to become an information technology specialist, so I'd be interested in helping to write the user, list owner, and site owner files. Whom should I contact in order to find out the status of these files? One suggestion, Mailman should develop a set of moderator features (with documentation), so that routine list services can be handed off to their moderators, who have a moderator password that lets them do certain things but not others. This would enable the list administrator to NOT receive those pesky un/subscribe and other routine notices that the moderator handles. I've had ten years experience as a member of email lists, and have spent about five years administering Majordomo lists, and have recently been moved over to Mailman. I've come around to where I slightly prefer Mailman over Majordomo, but there are some Majordomo features that I miss. And lately, with all the broken Mailman software, my affection for Mailman is somewhat strained. Through all of this I've been wishing for a help file. So, on the principle that if you want something done, you have to do it yourself, I'm volunteering. Let me know if I can be of service. Thanks Gary Bowen Listwrangler listwrangler(a)iximd.com ******************** For help with subscribe/unsubscribe, troubleshooting, or more info about The American Boyz email lists, please visit: ________ (new web page being developed, please stand by), or request a copy of the Amboyz Elist Help File to be emailed to you. The following lists are implemented with Mailman and use standard Mailman features: Amboyz-Main, Amboyz-Announce, TrueSpirit, and ElderTG

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