Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving / upgrading Mailman from Solaris to Linux

2010-11-12 Thread Andrew Hodgson
Mark Sapiro wrote: >Andrew Hodgson wrote: >> >>I am thinking of trying to build my own install for the reasons I outlined >>above, the reasons I am holding off this are: >> >>1. Having to move everything out of the directory structure you get with the >>Debian package. >I'm not sure what the D

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving / upgrading Mailman from Solaris to Linux

2010-11-11 Thread Mark Sapiro
Ivan Fetch wrote: > >What issues have you had with their patches? E.G> the way they have fixed a >bug on their own? For example, the patch 30_pipermail_threads.patch fixes an obscure bug , but breaks indentation in the threaded archive index for messages with messa

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving / upgrading Mailman from Solaris to Linux

2010-11-11 Thread Ivan Fetch
Hello, Thank you, Mark, Adam, and Andrew for your replies. More below. > -Original Message- > From: Mark Sapiro [mailto:m...@msapiro.net] > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 12:19 AM > To: Ivan Fetch; MailMan > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving / upgrading Mailman

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving / upgrading Mailman from Solaris to Linux

2010-11-11 Thread Barry Finkel
Ivan Fetch wrote: >Hello, > >We are planning to move our Mailman installation from Solaris to Linux, >and upgrade in the process. I'd love to hear from anyone who has run >production Mailman on Linux. > >What experiences have list members had with RedHat vs. Ubuntu Mailman >packages, vs. compilin

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving / upgrading Mailman from Solaris to Linux

2010-11-11 Thread Mark Sapiro
Andrew Hodgson wrote: > >I am thinking of trying to build my own install for the reasons I outlined >above, the reasons I am holding off this are: > >1. Having to move everything out of the directory structure you get with the >Debian package. I'm not sure what the Debian directory structure i

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving / upgrading Mailman from Solaris to Linux

2010-11-11 Thread Andrew Hodgson
Adam McGreggor wrote: >In such a case, you're reliant on the maintainer updating fixes >promptly (or very rarely, the security team), along with necessary >modifications to conform with Debian policy. Yes, I am still waiting for the latest Mailman security patch to be included in the stable Debi

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving / upgrading Mailman from Solaris to Linux

2010-11-11 Thread Adam McGreggor
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 01:23:17PM -0700, Ivan Fetch wrote: > At this point, even though I prefer to use packages when possible, I am > leaning toward compiling Mailman from source because of: > 1. Red Hat packages are typically more ancient > 2. Ubuntu packages seem to include non-standard patche

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving / upgrading Mailman from Solaris to Linux

2010-11-10 Thread Mark Sapiro
Ivan Fetch wrote: > >We are planning to move our Mailman installation from Solaris to Linux, and >upgrade in the process. I'd love to hear from anyone who has run production >Mailman on Linux. > >What experiences have list members had with RedHat vs. Ubuntu Mailman >packages, vs. compiling Mailm

[Mailman-Users] Moving / upgrading Mailman from Solaris to Linux

2010-11-10 Thread Ivan Fetch
Hello, We are planning to move our Mailman installation from Solaris to Linux, and upgrade in the process. I'd love to hear from anyone who has run production Mailman on Linux. What experiences have list members had with RedHat vs. Ubuntu Mailman packages, vs. compiling Mailman from source? A