Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman and Debian

2003-10-29 Thread Jon Carnes
I'm not a Debian guru, but I imagine that the reason 2.1.3 is not available on stable is that it simply has not been out long enough. Also, version 2.1.3 requires a relatively modern version of Python on the server. The real question to ask the Debian guru's is: why aren't they using version 2.0.1

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman and Debian

2003-10-29 Thread Nigel Metheringham
On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 17:54, Pascal Blanchette wrote: > I was wondering if there was a reason why the only Mailman version available > as a stable debian package is version 2.0.11? Debian has a strange terminology. They tend to use "stable" where other people would use "obsolete". Many of the pa

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman and Debian

2003-10-29 Thread Jeff D
Pascal Blanchette said: > Hi, > > I was wondering if there was a reason why the only Mailman version > available as a stable debian package is version 2.0.11? > Version 2.1.3 is marked as unstable. That is just the way Debian is. "Stable" is ultra conservative. "Testing" has more recent packages.

[Mailman-Users] Mailman and Debian

2003-10-29 Thread Pascal Blanchette
Hi, I was wondering if there was a reason why the only Mailman version available as a stable debian package is version 2.0.11? Version 2.1.3 is marked as unstable. Is the new version still in beta or is it ready to be deployed on a production site. In other words, would you recommend upgrading fr