[Mailman-Developers] Mailman Dynamic Sublists

Jennifer Redman jenred at gmail.com
Thu Feb 28 23:57:27 CET 2008


Hi Barry!

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry at list.org> wrote:


> > 2) Is the correct first step to create an unofficial branch and move
> > the
> > project into Launchpad under the auspices of the Mailman project?
>
>
> You don't need official Mailman project blessing to do the first
> steps.  I think it would be enough to create a team and project on
> Launchpad, bzr branch the Mailman 2.1 tree, port your code to the
> branch, then push the branch into the team's code area.  Mailman's
> code pillar should notice that the branches are related and show up
> automatically under its Code tab.
>
> Be sure to edit this page though:
> http://wiki.list.org/display/DEV/MailmanBranches
>
> I'm happy to chat with you on irc (#mailman on freenode) if you have
> any questions getting this set up!


Thank you, I'll proceed following the above instructions.


>
>
> > 3) Has anyone developed something similar in the past few years which
> > provides similar functionality that may be an acceptable alternative?
>
> I think Tokio's sibling lists might be in the same ballpark.


Would you please point me to some information about the sibling lists or is
this the topic functionality Terri mentioned?


>
>
> > 4) What steps would we need to take to get the extensions included
> > upstream?
>
> First let's get a working branch on Launchpad, then we can review the
> code.  Ultimately, we'll need FSF assignment papers for any
> significant patch (which it sounds like this is) from all copyright
> owners.


I'll start working on this.


> Other than that, if it's a cool feature then I think 100k
> euros (sorry, US dollar <snif>) to each of Mark, Tokio and I in bags
> of small, unmarked coins should do it. :)


heh.

Thank you!

Jennifer


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