On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 10:24 AM Ben Cooksley <bcooks...@kde.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > > This evening I have been investigating our options surrounding Mailman 2 > upgrade paths as part of an evaluation to replace our current primary mail > server (Letterbox) which runs Ubuntu 20.04 with a newer system running 22.04. > > One of the consequences of this upgrade will be that we will be forced to > migrate off Mailman 2 as it is no longer available and distributed in Ubuntu > 22.04. > > The most likely candidate for this is naturally Mailman 3 (an instance of > which can be found at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-...@python.org/) > > It appears to be a substantial improvement in all regards over Mailman 2, and > therefore I intend to upgrade to that at this stage. > > Important considerations to note as part of this: > - Existing list moderator and administrator passwords will cease to work, as > Mailman 3 uses individual accounts to manage this > - Mailman 3 uses a completely different URL format, so existing list archive > links will likely be broken. It may be possible to retain static copies of > the existing Pipermail archives to mitigate the impact of this but they won't > be updated any further following the upgrade. > > Further information will be announced closer to the time. > > Thanks, > Ben
Wikimedia has made this switch some time ago and as someone using Malman 3 there and administering a few lists: Yes please! It's a huge improvement. Looking forward to it. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher - WD:Q18016466 KDE e.V. Board of Directors http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
