On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 05:26:21PM +0200, Bernd 'Siggy' Brentrup wrote:
Sorry Adam for hijacking, I'm not subscribed to mm-users.
no prob!
Would it too much to ask for the 'old' (read 'current') scripts/commands to be aliased: at least in the first few releases?
e.g., for 'list_members' to link to 'mailman listmembers'Perhaps as an install/configure/compilation option? "Create old-style links?" --old-style-links
You might contribute some shell scripts simulating old behavior, a Debian package would then ask an additional debconf question whether to install these compatibility scripts or not.
I'll see what comes out, before committing to write scripts for Debian &c. I've been known to whine about 'Debian policy': some Debianistic traits annoy me (having came to Debian via BSD).
Saying that, a new version may be a good chance to migrate/re-write the scripts I've been using for some time: what may be quite useful is something to hunt various directory trees for references to 'old mailman' commands, and offer replacements for 'new mailman'.
I'd probably write something that would do that, for my own installs, so it's not too bad releasing back to the community. (although I tend to license stuff under (Attribute Share-Alike) Creative Commons.)
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