Re: [Mailman-Users] Now that Python 2 is dead

2019-04-11 Thread Dimitri Maziuk via Mailman-Users
PS not that I disagree that the practical way out right now is to make a simple e.g. flask-based UI for MM3. -- Dimitri Maziuk Programmer/sysadmin BioMagResBank, UW-Madison -- http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [Mailman-Users] Now that Python 2 is dead

2019-04-11 Thread Dimitri Maziuk via Mailman-Users
On 4/11/19 12:15 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > Generally older Python 3 code will run on newer versions. The issues are > trying to run code developed for newer Python 3 versions on older versions. The problem is reliance on third-party libraries coupled with absence of usable package management

Re: [Mailman-Users] Now that Python 2 is dead

2019-04-11 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 4/11/19 10:05 AM, Mike Flannigan wrote: > > I'm surprised to hear there is so much migration in > Python with limited backward compatibility.?? Perl > has never had that problem.?? I almost never have to > modify my old code.?? I'd recommend you use Perl, but > everybody knows Perl is dead :-)

Re: [Mailman-Users] Now that Python 2 is dead

2019-04-11 Thread Mike Flannigan
I'm surprised to hear there is so much migration in Python with limited backward compatibility.?? Perl has never had that problem.?? I almost never have to modify my old code.?? I'd recommend you use Perl, but everybody knows Perl is dead :-) Mike On 4/10/2019 6:03 PM,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Now that Python 2 is dead in 2020 what are people's plans with mailman2?

2019-04-11 Thread Dimitri Maziuk via Mailman-Users
On 4/11/2019 3:22 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: ... If you want something that's never going to change, Python 2.7 is as good as anything else. Some orgs have "cybersecurity" with "vulnerability scanners". You may have to spend more time hiding your python version from them, then you'll

Re: [Mailman-Users] Now that Python 2 is dead in 2020 what are people's plans with mailman2?

2019-04-11 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Carl Zwanzig writes: > On 4/10/2019 11:36 AM, Dimitri Maziuk via Mailman-Users wrote: > > (That said, given the history of python, my question would be if there > > are any plans to port MM2 to golang or maybe gnat.) Not within the Mailman project. It seems pointless to me. If you want