[Mailman-Developers] Topic regexps

[Mark Sapiro]

Mark Sapiro wrote:
>
>I think the thing to do with existing topics is the following:
>
>
>--- versions.py	(revision 7905)
>+++ versions.py	(working copy)
>@@ -307,6 +307,16 @@
>             pass
>         else:
>             l.digest_members[k] = 0
>+    #
>+    # Convert pre 2.2 topics regexps whice were compiled in verbose mode
>+    # to a single line, non-verbose equivalent.
>+    #
>+    if stored_state.data_version <= 97 and hasattr(stored_state, 'topics')\
>+            and stored_state.topics:
>+        l.topics = []
>+        for name, pattern, description, emptyflag in stored_state.topics:
>+            pattern = Utils.strip_verbose_pattern(pattern)
>+            l.topics.append((name, pattern, description, emptyflag))


Testing reveals the above patch is not correct because stored_state is
a dictionary, not a list instance, but the logic is correct.

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