[Mailman-Developers] [GSoC 2014] Cordova/Android App for GNU Mailman Admin Interface

[Bhargav Golla]

Thanks Barry and Terri for your feedback.
I was trying to install Postorius locally and analyze what all would be
required in a mobile app for Admin. Doing the same, I have hit a roadblock.
I am using the wiki provided here[1]. I tried to install mailman using "set
up sources" part of the wiki. Though python setup.py install executes
without any errors, I am unable to see the folder bin/ in the same
directory. So, even though I proceed with further setup, I am getting a
"Mailman REST API not available. Please start mailman core" on my
localhost:8000 webpage. Could anyone help me here?

[1]
http://wiki.list.org/display/DEV/A+5+minute+guide+to+get+the+Mailman+web+UI+running

Thanks


On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Terri Oda <terri at toybox.ca> wrote:

>
> On 2014-02-28, 7:36 AM, Bhargav Golla wrote:
>
>> I have a few questions regarding this idea.
>> 1. I intend to develop it on Cordova since it will help in porting the app
>> easily to multiple platforms. Were there any ideas in this directions
>> regarding going native or hybrid?
>>
>
> Personally, I'd prefer if we went hybrid and had an html5 webapp that
> could be used straight over the web for mobile users who don't want to
> install an app, with Cordova used to build the individual platform apps.  I
> may not be the mentor on this one, though, so I'm happy to defer to whoever
> the final mentor is on this front.
>
> Incidentally, I've been using Intel's XDK for building Cordova apps lately
> and highly recommend it for quick testing on various platforms and screen
> sizes.  I've found it a very useful tool, and not just because I work for
> Intel now!
>
>  2. Can I assume that all mailing lists built by Mailman support the REST
>> interface? Also, I have tried to see if I can get JSON responses and I am
>> unable to by adding a HTTP Accept Header to take "application/json". Am I
>> doing anything wrong or is JSON not implemented?
>>
>
> I don't know the answer to this off the top of my head: Barry?
>
>
>  3. As a starter, could I ignore internationalization for GSoC, but
>> implement interface in such a way as to be able to internationalize it
>> easily?
>>
>
> We don't expect you to actually translate anything, don't worry. :) But
> you should definitely build as much as possible so that
> internationalization will be easy: make sure there's a quick way to get a
> list of strings that need translation, at least.  Some of the strings may
> be already translated in other components of Mailman, so you may be able to
> get some translations to use to test if you have time at the end of the
> summer for internationalization.
>
>  Terri
>
>


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