On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 02:02:10PM +0200, Fil wrote: >> When installing the mailman package, you got asked which languages >> you want that site to support. You didn't include Spanish in the >> list. Use "dpkg-reconfigure mailman" to change the list. All >> languages supported by a list on the site are forced on, meaning if >> you turn them off, they are turned back on in your back.
> Why are not all templates installed, instead of only a subset? For disk space usage reasons. I think previous versions did that (it was before I became really active in the Debian mailman package). People with tiny root partitions complained loudly, so the current compromise was implemented. > What happens if Mailman adds a template, or modifies one? If mailman adds a template, you can add it to the supported set with "dpkg-reconfigure mailman". Maybe you'll even be asked on upgrade. If mailman modifies a template: - If the administrator has not modified the same template, too, then the new mailman template gets installed on upgrade. - If the administrator has modified the same template, the upgrade procedure shows hir the old Mailman template, the new Mailman template, the version that is now in /etc/mailman/XX/foo, diffs between those, etc and asks him what to do (keep what's now in /etc/mailman/XX/foo, install the new mailman template, try to apply the diff between the old and new mailman template to what's now in /etc/mailman/XX/foo, give the administrator a shell to sort it out manually, ...) >>> which has weird symlinks: >>> /var/lib/mailman/templates -> /etc/mailman >> Templates can be changed by the administrator and are thus >> considered as configuration files and are thus in /etc/, as per >> Debian policy (and Linux FHS). This guarantees that a package >> upgrade won't override changes the administrator may have made. > OK. Why are not the templates in /etc/mailman/templates/ ? I find > this a bit confusing /etc/mailman/templates/ would have been a good choice indeed. -- Lionel _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
