Re: [Mailman-Developers] Like to participate in GSOC 2013 (GNU Mailman) - Like some ideas proposed in the list (Django, Python)
On Apr 08, 2013, at 04:07 PM, Surya Kasturi wrote:
Since no one had so far configured mailman on windows, I guess, I can try it (not now but.. later on). Why not we build an executable for windows (.exe) for users to install? This could take sometime to port and solve conflicts.. but at the end, it would be superb.
IIRC, Mark was using Cygwin at one point.
The thing about Windows is that we're using several *nix-isms in process management and possibly in other places. I have no burning desire to try to make these Windows compatible.
-Barry
On 13-04-08 10:19 AM, Barry Warsaw wrote:
The thing about Windows is that we're using several *nix-isms in process management and possibly in other places. I have no burning desire to try to make these Windows compatible.
I'll bet the documentation would bite us pretty badly, too.
While I don't think it's impossible to run mailman on windows, I'd rather the effort went to making this release awesome for the platforms we already support rather than making it run on other platforms. Maybe in a year or two when we're a bit more stable so porting won't be a continual drain on resources?
Terri
Barry Warsaw wrote:
IIRC, Mark was using Cygwin at one point.
Yes. Actually, my main Mailman 2.1 development platform is Cygwin, but I gave up on trying to run MM 3 under Cygwin.
I don't recall all the issues, but there were several around file names with unacceptable characters for Windows (there's one in MM 2.1, but it's easily worked around).
The thing about Windows is that we're using several *nix-isms in process management and possibly in other places. I have no burning desire to try to make these Windows compatible.
The real problem with running Mailman on Windows, at least for real lists, is you need a viable mail server. It seems to me that most people who might consider running Mailman on Windows do not have a machine with a fixed IP with full circle DNS and a non-generic host name and preferably an IP not in a 'home use' block. These things are needed if you want large ISPs to accept your mail.
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