[Mailman-Users] Mailman archive messages(not rm, but install!)

[Brad Knowles]

At 11:43 AM -0500 12/8/06, John A. Martin wrote:

>  See <http://packages.debian.org/unstable/mail/mailman> for a
>  description of the Debian Mailman package that "integrates
>  .... archiving ...".  Further down that page under the heading
>  "Download mailman" click on one of the "list of files" buttons and see
>  among other things: "usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py"

I've never claimed to be a Debian expert, and if they're mucking 
about with packages that include certain features by default in order 
to remove those features, then there's not much I can do to help the 
poor souls that are stuck with that kind of stuff.

However, no amount of your expecting me to do "fact-checking" with 
the way that Debian is building their highly modified packaged 
versions of our software is going to change that.  It's physically 
impossible to keep up with how every single vendor is choosing to 
ship our software.


As far as I'm concerned, Debian is now further in the doghouse with 
me with regards to Mailman than most any other vendor, with the 
possible exception of cPanel.  Even Apple ships a relatively 
plain-jane version of Mailman 2.1.5 with their MacOS X Server 
platform, even if they do have their own proprietary management 
system that they tack on.

Now, if you want to side with the Debian folks on this, you're 
welcome to do that.  But no one in that camp is going to be getting 
any sympathy from me.

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