[Mailman-Developers] updating templates..

[Chuq Von Rospach]

Been playing with the templates today (or trying to... ), and 
couldn't figure out why updates to the templates weren't showing up 
in the browser. It's because, of course, when a list is created it 
copies templates into the /lists/<listname>/ subdirectory, so changes 
to the /templates subdirectory only work on new lists.

It looks like there's no "update existing lists" makefile or script, either.

I'd suggest that the newlist function create symlinks into the 
templates directory instead of copying the file, so that changes 
automatically propogate to all of the lists, while still allowing 
admins to break the link and create a custom page if they want to. 
Otherwise, updating a site with lots of lists is going to be a royal 
pain if you want to redo the look and feel.

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Chuq Von Rospach - Plaidworks Consulting (mailto:chuqui@plaidworks.com)
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