"stable" release / 2.1 release status
Reading the web pages:
MM21/index.html: Version (2.1a2, released on 11-Jul-2001) is the current stable GNU release.
download.html: Version (2.0.6, released on Jul 25 2001) is the current GNU release.
Correct to name 2.1a2 a stable release? Somewhere on the lists Barry Warsaw didn't give a garanty for a smooth upgrade path between the alpha releases. Or is 2.1 on the horizon, so that it's more work to change the web page ;-)
Matthias
At 11:55 AM 10/6/01 +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
Reading the web pages:
MM21/index.html: Version (2.1a2, released on 11-Jul-2001) is the current stable GNU release.
download.html: Version (2.0.6, released on Jul 25 2001) is the current GNU release.
Correct to name 2.1a2 a stable release? Somewhere on the lists Barry Warsaw didn't give a garanty for a smooth upgrade path between the alpha releases. Or is 2.1 on the horizon, so that it's more work to change the web page ;-)
Matthias
You're actually the second person to notice this and report it on this list. http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2001-September/009557.ht...
Barry's plan was to fix the web page at list.org. http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2001-September/009558.ht...
If I remember correctly he's also the release manager for the latest version of Python, so I'm sure he's up to his eyeballs currently. IMHO this is a very good reason for not hitting this particular item. Therefore, I have included a patch below against index.ht (yes that's a patch against the template file) for the list.org web-site. The patch should be self-explanatory.
------------<patch>--------------------------------------- *** index.ht Sat Oct 6 14:18:42 2001 --- index.ht.new Sat Oct 6 14:48:04 2001
*** 36,39 **** --- 36,57 ---- StudlyCaps).
<h3>Latest Stable Release</h3>
<p>The latest stable release of Mailman is the
- <a href="http://www.list.org/download.html">2.0.6 version</a>.
- This release has undergone considerable testing in production
- environments.
<p><a href="http://www.list.org/MM21/index.html">Version 2.1</a>, which
- offers tons of extra features is nearing completion so rapidly that
- it's a good idea to check back often. Please download the
- current alpha <a href="http://www.list.org/MM21/download.html">
- version 2.1a2</a> and help us test it. Get news and post comments
- on this version via the
<a href="http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers">
- Mailman-Developers</a> discussion list. Please report any bugs in
- the SourceForge <a href="http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=103">bug
- tracker</a>.
<h3>Acknowledgements</h3>
------------</patch>---------------------------------------
I haven't actually run it through ht2html so I apologize beforehand if it breaks. I would have provided patches for the index of the MM21 directory but didn't have access to the templates. Barry, I hope this isn't stepping on your toes, and I hope it's useful.
Later,
- Ben
(Doing some major catchup on this list...)
"BB" == Ben Burnett benwa@ocentrix.com writes:
BB> Barry's plan was to fix the web page at list.org.
BB> If I remember correctly he's also the release manager for the
BB> latest version of Python, so I'm sure he's up to his eyeballs
BB> currently.
You can say that again! Actually now that Python 2.2 final is out, I should be devoting my "Python-time" to getting Mailman 2.1 finished.
BB> I haven't actually run it through ht2html so I apologize
BB> beforehand if it breaks. I would have provided patches for
BB> the index of the MM21 directory but didn't have access to the
BB> templates. Barry, I hope this isn't stepping on your toes,
BB> and I hope it's useful.
Quite helpful, thanks! Hopefully the mailman.sf.net and www.list.org pages are up-to-date now. The helpful folks at gnu.org have sent me some instructions that should make it easier for me to update those pages directly, so they shouldn't lag so far behind the other sites.
Cheers, and happy new year. -Barry
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