On Saturday, August 16, 2003, at 09:14 pm, William Collins wrote:
I have a website on a server running Redhat 7.3 with python 1.x.
If you are running Python earlier than 1.5.2 then neither of the most recent stable versions of MM 2.0.x or MM 2.1.x will run.
MM 2.0.13 INSTALL document says:
<quote> 0. Installation requirements
You must have the Python interpreter installed somewhere on your
system. Currently Python 1.5.2 or later is required, but the
latest stable releases of Python 2.1.3 and 2.2.1 are recommended.
For information about obtaining Python source code, RPM packages,
or pre-compiled binaries please see:http://www.python.org
You must also have an ANSI C compiler in order to build the
wrapper programs which are used for improved security. The GNU C
compiler gcc 2.8.1 or later is known to work well. For more
information about obtaining gcc, seehttp://www.gnu.org </quote>
In practice, you could go for Py 2.2.3 for MM 2.0.13 but I have seen no reports of using Py 2.3 with it, which may not be OK.
MM 2.1.2 INSTALL document says:
<quote> 0. Installation requirements
You must have a mail server (MTA) that you can send messages to,
and a web server that supports the CGI/1.1 API. Apache makes a
fine choice for web server, and MTAs such as Postfix, Exim,
Sendmail, and qmail should work just fine. You will need an ANSI C compiler to build Mailman's security
wrappers. The GNU C compiler gcc 2.8.1 or later is known to work
well. For more information about obtaining gcc, seehttp://www.gnu.org
You must have the Python interpreter installed somewhere on your
system. Currently Python 2.1.3 or Python 2.2.1 is recommended.
For information about obtaining Python source code, RPM packages,
or pre-compiled binaries please see:http://www.python.org
If you are building Python from source, you should be fine with
the standard "./configure ; make install" for most Unix-like
OSes. If you run "make test", you'll see a bunch of tests skipped
-- don't worry, you probably won't need them. Mailman tries to
stick to the basics that compile on most systems. If there is a README.<yourMTA> file that describes your mail
server (MTA), read it now. Some MTAs can be integrated more
seamlessly with Mailman for support of some advanced features
(like creation and removal of lists through-the-web). Examples
are Exim and Postfix. Setup instructions for specific MTAs are
contained in these README files.
</quote>In practice, you should go for Py 2.2.3 for MM 2.1.1 or even Py 2.3, which some people have reprorted they are using OK.
If you have to install Python, which is not that hard from source code, then use the latest Python and MM release, again from source. You can readily install the later Python (in /usr/local/python for instance) without affecting your existing Python 1.x installation on the machine, which, given you are using Redhat, you probably need to leave in place because of other dependencies.
Could you please advise me of which versioon of Mailman will run on this
server?
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