Hello friends of Mailman! Sometimes we freeze until the light comes Sometimes we're wrong and sometimes we're right I'm happy to announce the second beta release of Mailman 3.0, code named "Freeze". I expect the code name to appropriately reflect the stability of the database schema and REST API. From here on out, there should be no more major changes or new features, just bug fixes leading to the 3.0 final release. You can download GNU Mailman 3.0b2 from Launchpad or the Python Cheeseshop: https://launchpad.net/mailman http://pypi.python.org/pypi/mailman The GNU Mailman documentation is available online at: http://packages.python.org/mailman/ Don't forget that alpha releases of Postorious, our new web ui are also available: https://launchpad.net/postorius http://pypi.python.org/pypi/postorius You can submit bug reports to GNU Mailman and Postorius at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman https://bugs.launchpad.net/postorius GNU Mailman and Postorius are released under the GNU General Public License version 3 or later. Detailed changes in Mailman 3.0b2 are available here: http://tinyurl.com/93xlt5m Here's a summary of the most user and developer visible change: * The link between members and mailing lists is now the list-id, not the mailing list's posting address. This is reflected in changes to the REST API for members, and other internal APIs. * Many other database schema changes have been made, compatible with both the SQLite3 and PostgreSQL backends, and with fully tested automatic migration. * passlib is now used for password hashing instead of flufl.password. There is a separate configuration file for controlling the hash used, with the default being sha512_crypt. * Internally, all datetimes are interpreted in UTC, but stored in naive format. * The `news` runner is now called the `nntp` runner. Beta testers can safely remove $var_dir/queue/news. * Many internal events have been added and renamed. * Archiving policies are now controlled by a single enumeration. This change is also reflected in the REST API. * Many configuration file changes have been made, including the addition of the new [antispam] section. * The usual slew of bug fixes have been applied. Enjoy, -Barry