[Mailman-Developers] unsubscriptions requiring approval

[Harald Meland]

[Thomas Wouters]

> Another minor patch adding what I need to mailman ;) I also noticed
> this on the jitterbug list, so I guess more people had wished or at
> least wondered for it ;P

Yup, that's correct.

> I'm posting it mostly to see if it generates comments, and for me to
> find a good excuse to sleep.

:-)

I've had a go at integrating your patch into my locally hacked Mailman
(BTW, could anyone provide me with a clue as to how I can tell
patch(1) to understand a multiple-directory CVS diff?) -- and noticed
that you seemingly have forgotten to add a DEFAULT_UNSUBSCRIBE_POLICY
to Defaults.py.in, and that the comments in some places bore clear
signs of a bit hasty cut-and-paste work :)

> is there a good word for 'unsubscription request' ?

I'm probably not the best person to answer questions on English
wording, but to me "unsubscription request" is OK.  However, saying

  Your authorization is required for a mailing list unsubscription
  request approval:

(quickly, three times in a row :) is quite a mouthful, so one might
consider rephrasing that sentence somewhat ;)

> Adding this has been mostly an exercise to learn a bit about the Mailman
> insides, and to see how easily it can be done; fairly easily ;) Comments are
> welcome, including "d'oh, dont write that, i already wrote it !"

My immediate comment would be:

  How fast can we get this guy to sign the appropriate papers?

:-D

I'll try to get your stuff tested a bit here, too, and hopefully we
can get around to committing it later.


Thanks,
-- 
Harald