Actually, the Django methodology would allow the website designer to choose any URL that she wishes. So, Postorius should be able to set a configuration parameter to any value that the designer chooses and "core" would just be echoing it.
Richard On Jun 11, 2012, at 11:28 AM, Barry Warsaw wrote: > On Jun 11, 2012, at 05:43 AM, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > >> I think that we should rethink this decision and follow a "slug" approach to >> the identification of the mailing lists in URLs. Those who choose to do so >> can use the fqdn as their slug. But others would be able to readily change >> the mapping without having to rewrite significant parts of the interface >> code. > > I agree that the shorter-url argument is more compelling than the > security-by-obscurity argument. > > If the mapping need only happen in one direction, then something as simple as > hashing the mlist fqdn and taking a substring would probably be good enough. > > -Barry _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 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://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
