On Tue, 2020-09-15 at 21:11 -0400, Brian Carpenter wrote: > On 9/15/20 8:18 PM, Jim Popovitch via Mailman-Users wrote: > > A small group, including myself, are planning to present a proposal. We > > are in the early stage of defining what that will involve, but we are > > all committed. I've also, as you've probably seen on lp, been focused > > on pushing my py3 changes for mm2 to get them to the point of usable > > testing. I'm not anti-mm3 but myself and some others certainly do see > > the ongoing need for a MLM like mm2. > > When you say py3, are you talking about python 3? Are you trying to make > mm2 python 3 compatible?
yes. > > So this labor you and your group are looking to do for MM2, how is this > not going to take more time then just migrating to MM3? One of your > criticism is that MM3 is complex and it is difficult to install. How is > all of this effort you are making staying with a version of Mailman that > has been updated (MM2 to MM3), and uses an interface that is over 15 > years old productive? How old is the technology and tools used to steer the vehicle you drive, or the mechanics behind the blades that wipe the windshield? > I don't see this path you are trying to take as > one that is less complex and difficult than just moving to a MM3 > environment. Fair point. > At this point, those who use MM2 via cPanel will most > likely not benefit from your efforts. Especially if you port MM2 to > python 3 (this is an assumption I am making). I don't think cPanel will > touch such a version at all. I'm no fan of cpanel as I have stated many times before. This isn't for them. > By the way, with all the problems I have seen with some folks having a > difficult time with installing MM2 on this list, I think the arguments > that MM3 is too difficult to install (it's not) says the guy who paid someone to re-craft 2/3rds of it. O_o :) > weakens considerably. I > still think non-cPanel MM2 users' time is better spent learning to > install MM3 and using it. Or better yet use a Mailman 3 host provider > such as myself to make their lives considerably easier. > -Jim P. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list -- mailman-users@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to mailman-users-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/mailman-users.python.org/ Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/ https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-users@python.org/
