[Mailman-Users] More help - please

[Brad Knowles]

At 3:52 PM -0400 2004-10-05, John Dennis wrote:

>>  	I don't know if this is the only problem, but Python 2.3 is
>>  required for use with Mailman 2.1.5.  See
>>  <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq05.008.htp>.
>
>  Either that FAQ entry is misleading or not quite true (no pun intended
>  :-). It seems to suggest that the need for python 2.3 comes from
>  unresolved symbols True and False. But according to the python doc (see
>  below) the symbols were added in 2.2.1 but with a different type, but it
>  should still work.

	I can't tell you the precise internal Python reasons, but my 
understanding is that version 2.3 is required for use with Mailman 
2.1.5.

>                      We (Red Hat) have several distributions that have
>  2.2.x installed and successfully run mailman 2.1.5. Perhaps I've
>  misinterpreted 2.3 requirement issue cited in the FAQ.

	This may or may not work, depending on a variety of factors. 
Operation of Mailman 2.1.5 with anything less than Python 2.3 may or 
may not fail at any given time, depending on the particular path of 
execution you're following through the code.  Unless you want to make 
source code modifications every time your Mailman installation dies 
due to yet another place where certain assumptions being made by the 
code were violated, you need to upgrade to Python 2.3.

	Using anything older is officially unsupported.


	At least, that's my understanding.

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