Thanks for all new stuff in mailman2.1a3; it looks really good. I installed it ~mailman2 and on a different web server than our production version. Here are a few comments:
after the installation of email package, the test - as recommended by INSTALL - returns email.__version__ 0.92 (and not 0.93).
no problems with the compilation (irix6.5)
directory permissions were right, except for ~mailman2/messages and mailman2/templates (no g+w permission).
loading of the pages seems slow, but it may be a local problem
the only real problem was setting the web page url correctly.
what happened is that I wanted the test version to use mailman2.domain ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ as default url. I created a list, mailman2-test, and everything looked good - messages got posted and archived - except for the urls in the List-* headers which said something like: List-Subscribe: http://domain/mailman/listinfo/mailman2-test ^^^^^^ (and which pointed to another web server)
I tried many things (HOST and URL variables for configure, DEFAULT_URL and DEFAULT_URL_HOST in mm_cfg.py, and add_virtualhost hack (which I don't understand)) but nothing helped. What *did* help was to reread NEWS, find reference to bin/fix_url.py, and find in it a comment which told me to run bin/withlist -l -r fix_url <list> :-)
loading of the pages seems slow, but it may be a local problem.
My test setup is at http://mailman2.daimi.au.dk/mailman/listinfo. I'm using it for trying out new options etc. You are welcome to use it for testing as well!
Kaja
"KPC" == Kaja P Christiansen kaja@daimi.au.dk writes:
KPC> - after the installation of email package, the test - as
KPC> recommended by INSTALL - returns email.__version__ 0.92 (and
KPC> not 0.93).Yep, I forgot to update that. Fixed in email-0.94
KPC> - no problems with the compilation (irix6.5)Cool!
KPC> - directory permissions were right, except for
KPC> ~mailman2/messages and mailman2/templates (no g+w
KPC> permission).Hmm, works for me:
/usr/local/mailman% ls -ld templates drwxrwsr-x 12 barry mailman 4096 Oct 26 00:05 templates/ /usr/local/mailman% ls -ld messages drwxrwsr-x 10 barry mailman 4096 Oct 26 00:05 messages/
KPC> - loading of the pages seems slow, but it may be a local
KPC> problemHmm, must be. It's pretty zippy for me.
KPC> - the only real problem was setting the web page url
KPC> correctly.
KPC> what happened is that I wanted the test version to use
KPC> mailman2.domain as default url. I created a list,
KPC> mailman2-test, and everything looked good - messages got
KPC> posted and archived - except for the urls in the List-*
KPC> headers which said something like: List-Subscribe:
KPC> <http://domain/mailman/listinfo/mailman2-test> (and
KPC> which pointed to another web server)
KPC> I tried many things (HOST and URL variables for configure,
KPC> DEFAULT_URL and DEFAULT_URL_HOST in mm_cfg.py, and
KPC> add_virtualhost hack (which I don't understand)) but nothing
KPC> helped. What *did* help was to reread NEWS, find reference to
KPC> bin/fix_url.py, and find in it a comment which told me to run
KPC> bin/withlist -l -r fix_url <list> :-)Right. The issue is that the values for these to important variables are stored in the list's database so you need to make sure that DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST and DEFAULT_URL_HOST are set properly in mm_cfg.py before you create your first list. Otherwise, you have to go back and modify those list variables using fix_url.py.
I see that the INSTALL file is not clear about this, so I'll fix the documentation.
KPC> - loading of the pages seems slow, but it may be a local
KPC> problem.Maybe it's trying to load the page twice <wink>.
KPC> My test setup is at
KPC> http://mailman2.daimi.au.dk/mailman/listinfo. I'm using it
KPC> for trying out new options etc. You are welcome to use it for
KPC> testing as well!Awesome!
I plan on releasing an alpha4 tomorrow to fix the nastier of the problems in alpha 3.
Thanks for the feedback. -Barry
Hi Barry,
ANother thing you might want to fix in the docs is the order of installation.
For example, it tells you how to install mailman, then talks about the postfix MTA thing. I had to go back and ./configure again using the recommendation there.
Bob
"B" == Bob bob@nleaudio.com writes:
B> ANother thing you might want to fix in the docs is the order of
B> installation.
B> For example, it tells you how to install mailman, then talks
B> about the postfix MTA thing. I had to go back and ./configure
B> again using the recommendation there.Will do, thanks!
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