[Mailman-Developers] Python 1.5 compatible ? no!

[Christian Tismer]

Today I spent a couple of hours trying to get Mailman b5 running on
the starship. Starship has Python 1.5 at the moment (for whatever
reason), and the INSTALL file claims

"""
    You must have the Python interpreter installed somewhere on your
    system.  Currently Python 1.5 or later is required.  For
    information about obtaining Python source code, or pre-compiled
    binaries please see the Python Web site at
"""

This is not true. This version will not even run with a standard 1.5.1
Python.

Killer#1: The parameter-less "raise" statement is no 1.5.1 feature.
Killer#2: The __stdin__ and other underscored system file names
are no Python 1.5 features.

This together makes the "scripts/driver" file die very early, with
a confusing error message.

In the driver script, I inserted this before any code:

try:
    import sys
    sys.__stdin__
except:
    sys.__stdin__=sys.stdin
    sys.__stdout__=sys.stdout
    sys.__stderr__=sys.stderr

... Uhm, I'm hacking since 6 hours now, but don't get the list admin
running under Linux. I fear I will turn back to 0.95 which worked.

tired - pirx

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