[Mailman-Users] Some notes on upgrading to the current CVS tree

[Andrew M. Kuchling]

Notes on upgrading to the current CVS tree of Mailman:

* I ran configure and make as myself, su'ed to mailman, and then ran
  into some trouble on the "make install" because some files aren't
  world-readable:

scripts/driver
Numerous templates/*.txt files
Mailman/Logging/*.py

  But it's much less error-prone to do everything as the mailman user...

* The documentation should mention that you should alias /pipermail/ to 
  <prefix>/public_html/archives/ .

* The mailbox-format archive is stored as a gzip'ped file, but
  referenced in the HTML in uncompressed form.  Why?  Are you expected to 
  configure the Web server to automatically uncompress it?  If so, how do
  you do that?  

* Is there any way to clear out my test e-mails from the archives?
  Since Mailman has just been set up, it would be fine with me if I
  could just blow away public_html/archives; would it be created
  again?

-- 
A.M. Kuchling			http://starship.skyport.net/crew/amk/
    "Are you ready for me? Are you ready for my indifference? For my abysmal
disinterest? Are you ready to have the lies and conceits of your life peeled
away like so many layers of skin? Are you ready for the truth?"
    "Ahhh... No, I... I don't really think I am..."
    -- The Truth and Michael Smith, in ENIGMA #4: "And Then What?"