Lucio Chiappetti wrote: >On Thu, 31 Mar 2011, Mark Sapiro wrote: > >> This error is due to one of several known incompatibilities between >> Mailman versions older than 2.1.12 and Python 2.6 or later. See the >> FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/pYA9>. > >I read the FAQ, which was however last updated in 2009.
Yes, but the key part in this case is "Update - March 2009: Mailman 2.1.12 has been released and requires Python 2.4.x or later. It is the *first* Mailman release compatible with Python 2.6." (emphasis mine). >This MIGHT not be a problem, because I'm running tests (as a sort of power >user) on my machine (suse 11.3 installed last december), but this is NOT >the target system. I'm pretty sure the target system will have suse 11.4 >which came out recently. > >suse 11.3 bundles mailman 2.1.11-13.2 and python 2.6.5-2.11 (however they >provide separately mailman 2.1.14-21.1 and python 2.7-43.1) > >suse 11.4 bundles mailman 2.1.14-4.7.1 and python 2.7-8.2 (and provides >also 2.7-43.1) > >I am really confused by all these minor subsubversions. Everything to the right of the hyphen (-) is a designation by the packager of build, patch level, whatever. Only suse can tell you what it means. I strongly suggest that for a fair test, you upgrade the Mailman on your test platform to the 2.1.14 package. The suse 11.3 bundle has the compatibility issues you have already seen and others as well. >Is the suse 11.4 mm/python coupling sound ? It should be, but I don't think the combination of Mailman 2.1.14 and Python 2.7.x has seen much use, so there may be as yet undiscovered issues. >If so I will tell our sysadm to proceed, and pass on my test experience. >I might do a few further tests on my machine and occasionally report >problems here (be free to reply "usual 2.1.11/2.6 incompatibility"). > >Eventually I could upgrade mailman on my test machine (but not python) >if that is likely to work (just to test also the upgrade procedure). I would recommend that. >> If suse is packaging Mailman 2.1.11 with the Python 2.6.5 that you are >> apparently using, this is a serious suse packaging problem. > >I could report a bug, however if their 11.4 packaging is sound, they are >likely to consider it irrelevant. I suggest you report it anyway, if for no other reason than to document the issue with suse. -- Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
