[Mailman-Users] Re: Step by step guide to installing Mailman

2022-04-05 Thread Odhiambo Washington
On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 7:52 PM Carl Zwanzig  wrote:

> On 4/4/2022 5:56 AM, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> > Please note that Mailman-2.x (2.1.37 is the latest) is slowly being EoLed
> > because Python-2.7 is EoL.
>
> Please also note that for some uses and for some people, MM2 is probably
> still the better choice- quicker/easier to install and as I understand has
> features that haven't been implemented in MM3.
>
> For a few small lists, I myself wouldn't use MM3 (the fact that python2.7
> is
> EoL matters very little to me, it still runs the code just as well).
>
> Later,
>
> z!
>

Hi Carl,

Where did I go wrong in my advise to the OP?
I actually gave him all the options. I did not tell him to NOT install MM2
:-)

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[Mailman-Users] Re: Step by step guide to installing Mailman

2022-04-05 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Odhiambo Washington writes:
 > On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 7:52 PM Carl Zwanzig  wrote:

 > > Please also note that for some uses and for some people, MM2 is probably
 > > still the better choice-

 > Where did I go wrong in my advise to the OP?

You didn't. :-)

 > I actually gave him all the options. I did not tell him to NOT install MM2
 > :-)

You did point out that it's EOL, and that is likely to affect many
site's decision whether to install a product.  Carl is simply
explaining why Mailman 2 may still be a good choice.

Steve


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[Mailman-Users] Re: Step by step guide to installing Mailman

2022-04-05 Thread Carl Zwanzig

On 4/5/2022 7:10 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

  Carl is simply explaining why Mailman 2 may still be a good choice.


Exactly, look at the up- and down-sides of each then decide.

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