On Tue, 2013-04-09 at 08:27 +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > Pierre-Yves Chibon writes: > > On Sat, 2013-04-06 at 15:03 +0530, Udit Saxena wrote: > > > 2. Web Posting Interface. > > > > Isn't this similar/overlapping to what HyperKitty already does? > > No. There's no reason why a web posting interface needs to interact > with the archives; it can talk directly to Mailman core, and will need > to do so for other features such as authentication, sister lists, and > the like. You get archiving for free.
How do you reply to a thread if you don't have access to the archives? > > I don't think one would want to embed posting messages from the admin > > interface of mailman (postorious), so posting from an interface would > > have to deal with archives as well (since one might want to reply to an > > existing thread). > > It could be as simple as embedding a button with an appropriate URL > communicating the information needed to compose a message in the > archive display interface. On the other hand, the posting interface > to the archives could be a full separate subsystem, with a special- > purpose browsing system oriented to rapidly selecting and yanking > content from related messages. > > It might make sense to embed the interface in HyperKitty, which also > has to deal with authentication, at least. But since posting and > browsing are separate features I tend to favor creating an appropriate > protocol for web posting, independent of the archive protocol and > implementation. If it is thought as a different system then I understand. I was more confused if that was thought as part of HyperKitty as I believe it already does that to some extend (I'll let Aurélien specify to which extend). Thanks for clarifying, Pierre _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9