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

Wed Mar 5 16:00:49 CET 2014

Hi Bhargav,

You will be asked whether to *add a superuser* during *syncdb*. If you
answered no to that, do *python manage.py createsuperuser * and use that
username and password to login.

*Regards,Rajeev S*
*Government Engineering College,Thrissur*
*http://rajeevs.tk <http://rajeevs.tk>*

On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 8:05 PM, Bhargav Golla <bgolla at g.clemson.edu> wrote:

> Hi Abhilash
>
> If you mean the last step of installation where we do cd
> postorius_standalone;python manage.py syncdb, I wasn't asked for any
> username/password. I checked the settings.py and it doesn't have any
> specific default username/password.
>
> And the http://localhost:8001/3.0 worked for me.
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Abhilash Raj <raj.abhilash1 at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Hi Bhargav,
> >
> > On Wednesday 05 March 2014 07:36 PM, Bhargav Golla wrote:
> > > Thanks for that change Rajeev. I was able to get the Web UI up and
> > running.
> > > I was trying to find out the default Username and password for this but
> > was
> > > unable to. When I was exploring docs in mailman.client and some config
> > > files in mailman, I found that the default username and password for
> > admin
> > > is restadmin and restpass. Tried that and was out of luck there too.
> > Could
> > > you help me with the default username and password details?
> >
> > While setting up Postorius(the web UI) when you do 'python manage.py
> > syncdb' for the first time, it asks you to create admin. You can log in
> > using those credentials. 'restadmin' and 'restpass' are the credentials
> > for the mailman rest server.
> >
> > > Also, there is a using.txt doc in mailman.client which says we can make
> > the
> > > REST requests by connecting to http://localhost:9001/3.0 using
> username
> > and
> > > password. Should the URL be http://localhost:9000/3.0 for this example
> > or
> > > would it be any different?
> >
> > AFAIK it is 'http://localhost:8001/3.0'. (Try it once. If I am wrong
> > please someone correct me)
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Rajeev S <rajeevs1992 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi Bhargav,
> > >>
> > >> Just do *mailman start*, without the bin.
> > >>
> > >> I have edited the wiki.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> *Regards, Rajeev S*
> > >> *Government Engineering College,Thrissur*
> > >> *http://rajeevs.tk <http://rajeevs.tk>*
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Bhargav Golla <bgolla at g.clemson.edu
> > >wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> 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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> >
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