Andrew Hodgson wrote: > >I am thinking of trying to build my own install for the reasons I outlined >above, the reasons I am holding off this are: > >1. Having to move everything out of the directory structure you get with the >Debian package.
I'm not sure what the Debian directory structure is, but you should be able to get very close via the --prefix, --exec-prefix and --with-var-prefix options to configure. >2. Knowing what functionality/bug fixes I am getting with the Debian specific >patches that I wouldn't otherwise get from the upstream package. I have been through the patches at <http://patch-tracker.debian.org/package/mailman>, and those issues that are addressed that are significant, not Debian specific and that I could understand have all been fixed in Mailman 2.1.14. -- Mark Sapiro <[email protected]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] 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
