[Mailman-Users] Multiple list owners at creation

[Julian Kippels]

Am Wed, 11 Jan 2017 11:59:40 -0600
schrieb "Barry S. Finkel" <bsfinkel at att.net>:

> On 1/11/2017 6:56 AM, Julian Kippels wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > is it possible to create a new list with more than one owner? Or do
> > I have to create the list with one owner and add the others later?
> >
> > I'm thinking about doing something like:
> > newlist testlist owner1 at domain owner2 at domain supersecretpassphrase
> >
> > Thanks
> > Julian  
> 
> 
> Here is a patch that I got from Mark Sapiro many years ago;
> I assume that it is in the list archives.  Note that I cannot
> ensure that this cut-and-paste will survive line wrap.
> This is a piece of the "script" output when I last built a
> Mailman package for Debian/Ubuntu.  Also note that any
> owner addresses after the first are not checked for syntax.
> 
> -----
> vm20# cat ~b19141/newlist.owners.patch.13
> --- newlist     2009-09-14 11:47:56.046875000 -0700
> +++ newlistx    2009-10-02 12:51:16.671875000 -0700
> @@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
>   You can specify as many of the arguments as you want on the command
> line you will be prompted for the missing ones.
> 
> +Note that listadmin-addr can be a comma separated list of addresses.
> +
>   Every Mailman list has two parameters which define the default host
> name outgoing email, and the default URL for all web interfaces.
> When you configured Mailman, certain defaults were calculated, but if
> you are run @@ -173,7 +175,9 @@
>           owner_mail = args[1]
>       else:
>           owner_mail = raw_input(
> -            _('Enter the email of the person running the list: '))
> +            _('Enter the email(s) of the person running the list: '))
> +    owner_emails = owner_mail.split(',')
> +    owner_mail = owner_emails[0]
> 
>       if len(args) > 2:
>           listpasswd = args[2]
> @@ -208,6 +212,9 @@
>           except Errors.MMListAlreadyExistsError:
>               usage(1, _('List already exists: %(listname)s'))
> 
> +        # assign the owners
> +        mlist.owner = owner_emails
> +
>           # Assign domain-specific attributes
>           mlist.host_name = host_name
>           mlist.web_page_url = web_page_url
> @@ -246,7 +253,7 @@
>           i18n.set_language(mlist.preferred_language)
>           try:
>               msg = Message.UserNotification(
> -                owner_mail, siteowner,
> +                owner_emails, siteowner,
>                   _('Your new mailing list: %(listname)s'),
>                   text, mlist.preferred_language)
>               msg.send(mlist)
> vm20# patch -p0 < ~b19141/newlist.owners.patch.13
> patching file newlist
> vm20# diff newlist newlist.original
> 50,51d49
> < Note that listadmin-addr can be a comma separated list of addresses.
> <
> 178,180c176
> <             _('Enter the email(s) of the person running the list:
> ')) <     owner_emails = owner_mail.split(',')
> <     owner_mail = owner_emails[0]
> ---
>  >             _('Enter the email of the person running the list:
>  > '))  
> 215,217d210
> <         # assign the owners
> <         mlist.owner = owner_emails
> <
> 256c249
> <                 owner_emails, siteowner,
> ---
>  >                 owner_mail, siteowner,  
> vm20# pwd
> 
> -----
> 
> --Barry Finkel
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Great! I applied the changes by hand (some line numbers were a bit off
in my version of MM) and it worked as intendet.

Thank you!

Julian