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

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