On Thu, 2020-07-23 at 10:15 -0500, Barry S. Finkel wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 11:40 PM Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> wrote: > > > > > On 7/22/20 12:54 AM, Daniel Krause via Mailman-Users wrote: > > > > Good Day > > > > > > > > We have a running 2.1.12 installation that was done long ago via an > > > > external consultant. > > > > It hasn't been changed in years, but I would like to upgrade this to at > > > > least the latest 2.x version and potentially 3.x. > > > > We would also like to migrate this from the current Centos VM to an > > > Ubuntu > > > > EC2 instance > > > > > > You have choices. Basically, there are Debian/Ubuntu packages for both > > > Mailman 2.1 and Mailman 3, but I don't necessarily recommend them. I > > > prefer installing Mailman 2.1 from source or, for Ubuntu, maybe from Jim > > > Popovitch's PPA > > > <https://launchpad.net/~mailman-administrivia/+archive/ubuntu/ppa>;. > > > > > > Mailman 3 is more complex, but there is installation info at > > > <https://wiki.list.org/x/17891998>;, <https://wiki.list.org/x/17892066> > > > and > > > < > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xIcSsoNFp2nHi7r4eQys00s9a0k2sHhu1V5PlantPTs/edit > > > > . > > > > Knowing very little about the structure etc of the data etc, what would > > > be > > > > the best way to go about this? > > > > > > If you have created a working MM 2.1 installation, see > > > <https://wiki.list.org/x/4030682> for info on moving lists. > > > > > > For MM 3 there are tools, namely `mailman import21` and > > > `hyperkitty_import` for importing Mailman 2.1 lists and archives. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > To unsubscribe send an email to mailman-users-le...@python.org > > > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/mailman-users.python.org/ > > > Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 > > > Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 > > > Searchable Archives: > > > https://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/ > > > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-users@python.org/ > > > On 7/22/2020 10:57 PM, Daniel Krause via Mailman-Users wrote: > > Thanks Mark > > > As I have written before - When I was a Mailman administrator > I was told to install the Debian/Ubuntu package, but that package > > o contained undocumented patches > > o removed a library that was sometimes needed > > o appears to have "fixed" bugs without checking with the > Mailman development team > > So, I could not trust the Ubuntu package. I spent a lot of time > determining how to create a Debian/Ubuntu package from the source. > I think that this was around 2.1.14, but I assume that my instructions > would work on on the latest 2.1.x source. For details, contact me > offline. The procedure is not complicated,
FWIW, to those interested, the procedures (recipes) for auto building the Mailman 2.x PPA are locate here: https://code.launchpad.net/~mailman-administrivia They contain all the rules/logic/scripts to build the Debian/Ubuntu packages that auto-build off of Mark's code bases for mailman2.x, mailman-htdig, etc. -Jim P. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list -- mailman-users@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to mailman-users-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/mailman-users.python.org/ Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/ https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-users@python.org/
