On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 08:35:22PM +0100, Ulf Dunkel wrote: > now, but "aptitude install mailman" or "apt-get install mailman" won't > give me more than v2.1.11.
You might find using the Squeeze or Sid versions http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mailman work. However, the usual caution applies of mixing versions. I think a couple of people have used those, per this list's archive -- it might be worth searching for "backports" in the archive, or some keywords around "debian" "2.1.13" or so-on. > I hoped to get at least Mailman v2.1.12 with the Debian update which > brings better German localized files - but my ISP now informed me that > this is kind of a restriction in the Debian philosophy which does not > always support the current packages of applications. I've usually found it to be a case of how busy the packager/maintainer is. > They asked me to install Mailman v2.1.13 "manually" because this doesn't > seem to be possible with apt-get right now. That's an option, too. Although it's something to remember to maintain. > Because I have not installed a single app myself without the help of the > package manager aptitude, I am kind of stuck. "apt-cache search mailman" > Can you give me a little howto? Debian has good documentation. See also http://www.debian-administration.org for example. -- ``Fog In Channel: Continent Cut Off'' (urban-legend newspaper headline, c. 1905) ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org