[Mailman-Developers] Hi! I'll be your intern for the summer :)

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Fri Jun 16 19:36:14 CEST 2006


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On Jun 16, 2006, at 7:30 AM, Ian Eiloart wrote:

>     a) arbitrary page headers and footers so I can make it match  
> the rest
> of my site.

+1, with CSS to help in integration.

>     b) site-wide masking of features that we don't allow by policy.  
> There's
> already some of this.

+1

>     c) templates for lists. We have four or five basic list styles
> (announce/discussion with open/closed membership and umbrella  
> lists). When
> we create a list, I'd like to be able to specify there and then  
> which style
> to use. Such a feature would rely on having a set of files on the  
> server
> that hold the relevant list settings. The UI would simply let me  
> pick which
> style to apply. The task here is not to design the templates, but  
> to enable
> their easy application.

+1  I did a little experimentation with this in the mm3 branch and I  
don't think the basic mechanisms are that difficult.  The UI is the  
challenge (i.e. how do you set up a style?).

>     d) When creating an list, I'd like to be able to choose an  
> umbrella for
> it to live under, and have it inherit privacy settings from that  
> list. So,
> to create a complex heirarchy, I'd start by creating the root list,  
> adding
> privacy settings, and then work down the heirarchy - perhaps making  
> the
> privacy settings more liberal as I go.

Very interesting idea!
- -Barry

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