[Mailman-Developers] Quoting problem in 2.0

[Georg Mischler]

Barry A. Warsaw wrote:

> 
> You're right it is a simple fix, see below.
> 

While you're at it... The following is also a simple fix,
which eliminates at least some of the "inexplicable" failures
to create HTML archives:


--- Mailbox.py      Wed Jan  3 18:43:59 2001
+++ Mailbox.py  Mon Dec 18 18:59:33 2000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 class Mailbox(mailbox.UnixMailbox):
     # a better regexp than the Python 1.5.2 default
     _fromlinepattern = r'From \s*\S+\s+\w\w\w\s+\w\w\w\s+\d\d?\s+' \
-                       r'\d\d?:\d\d(:\d\d)?(\s+\S+)?\s+\d\d\d\d\s*$'
+                       r'\d\d?:\d\d(:\d\d)?(\s+\S+)?\s+[+-]?\d\d\d\d\s*$'
     _regexp = re.compile(_fromlinepattern)

     def _isrealfromline(self, line):


The rationale for this change is posted here:
  http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2000-December/003518.html
I discovered the web based CVS-access in the mean time, so I was
now able to create a real patch against the most recent version.


Have fun!

-schorsch

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