[Mailman-Developers] [GSoC 2014] Cordova/Android App for GNU Mailman Admin Interface

Rajeev S rajeevs1992 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 3 19:38:39 CET 2014


Hi Bhargav,

Just do *mailman start*, without the bin.

I have edited the wiki.


*Regards,Rajeev S*
*Government Engineering College,Thrissur*
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On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Bhargav Golla <bgolla at g.clemson.edu> wrote:

> Thanks Barry and Terri for your feedback.
> I was trying to install Postorius locally and analyze what all would be
> required in a mobile app for Admin. Doing the same, I have hit a roadblock.
> I am using the wiki provided here[1]. I tried to install mailman using "set
> up sources" part of the wiki. Though python setup.py install executes
> without any errors, I am unable to see the folder bin/ in the same
> directory. So, even though I proceed with further setup, I am getting a
> "Mailman REST API not available. Please start mailman core" on my
> localhost:8000 webpage. Could anyone help me here?
>
> [1]
>
> http://wiki.list.org/display/DEV/A+5+minute+guide+to+get+the+Mailman+web+UI+running
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Terri Oda <terri at toybox.ca> wrote:
>
> >
> > On 2014-02-28, 7:36 AM, Bhargav Golla wrote:
> >
> >> I have a few questions regarding this idea.
> >> 1. I intend to develop it on Cordova since it will help in porting the
> app
> >> easily to multiple platforms. Were there any ideas in this directions
> >> regarding going native or hybrid?
> >>
> >
> > Personally, I'd prefer if we went hybrid and had an html5 webapp that
> > could be used straight over the web for mobile users who don't want to
> > install an app, with Cordova used to build the individual platform apps.
>  I
> > may not be the mentor on this one, though, so I'm happy to defer to
> whoever
> > the final mentor is on this front.
> >
> > Incidentally, I've been using Intel's XDK for building Cordova apps
> lately
> > and highly recommend it for quick testing on various platforms and screen
> > sizes.  I've found it a very useful tool, and not just because I work for
> > Intel now!
> >
> >  2. Can I assume that all mailing lists built by Mailman support the REST
> >> interface? Also, I have tried to see if I can get JSON responses and I
> am
> >> unable to by adding a HTTP Accept Header to take "application/json". Am
> I
> >> doing anything wrong or is JSON not implemented?
> >>
> >
> > I don't know the answer to this off the top of my head: Barry?
> >
> >
> >  3. As a starter, could I ignore internationalization for GSoC, but
> >> implement interface in such a way as to be able to internationalize it
> >> easily?
> >>
> >
> > We don't expect you to actually translate anything, don't worry. :) But
> > you should definitely build as much as possible so that
> > internationalization will be easy: make sure there's a quick way to get a
> > list of strings that need translation, at least.  Some of the strings may
> > be already translated in other components of Mailman, so you may be able
> to
> > get some translations to use to test if you have time at the end of the
> > summer for internationalization.
> >
> >  Terri
> >
> >
>
>
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