Barry Finkel wrote: >I have questions about Ubuntu mailman. I am installing mailman >on an unbuntu system. I have installed mailman on a test box while >I am waiting for the production hardware to arrive and be rack-mounted. >I wanted to install mailman 2.1.8, but the system administrator had >me install the latest Ubuntu mailman package, 2.1.5-9ubuntu4. He >told me to check the Ubuntu change log to see what in mailman 2.1.8 >is not included. I looked at the change log, and it appears that >the Ubuntu package is synchronized with the Debian package. I cannot >compare the information in the Ubuntu change log with the mailman >2.1.8 change log, as the mailman change numbers do not appear in the >Ubuntu change log; the Ubuntu changes seem to have their own numbers. > >My question is this - what have I just installed in the Ubuntu >package? Is it mailman at some patch level? Is there code that >Debian or Ubuntu has added/changed from the mailman distribution? > >I know that there have been recent postings concerning distributions >that modify the mailman-supplied code, and I need to know if Debian >or Ubuntu do the same. Thanks. ---------------- End original message. ---------------------
Well, there are only two ways to answer your questions. Talk to the people who create the Ubuntu distribution or take your source code and do a diff against the official version. I would expect (based on the version number) that it is a 2.1.5 version packaged for Ubuntu with whatever changes they thought were necessary to conform to their philosophy of how a Linux distribution should be laid out on disk. Version 2.1.5 is rather old. I believe there are some security issues that have been fixed since that release. IMO it is a good idea to use the latest version to preclude as many potential issues as possible. Dragon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Venimus, Saltavimus, Bibimus (et naribus canium capti sumus) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp