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

Rajeev S rajeevs1992 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 5 16:25:29 CET 2014 

Hi,

You will be asked for the create user prompt only the first time you run
syncdb.That's why you don't see it now.

Once the DB is created, only new tables, specified via django models, get
added to DB during the syncdb.


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


On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 8:47 PM, Bhargav Golla <bgolla at g.clemson.edu> wrote:

> Hi Rajeev
>
> I wasn't asked if I wanted to create a super user when I executed python
> manage.py syncdb. This was the output I got with syncdb:
> Creating tables...
> Installing Custome SQL...
> Installing indexes...
> Installed 0 object(s) from 0 fixture(s)
>
> I tried python manage.py createsuperuser and was able to login with
> details I provided there.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Regards
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Rajeev S <rajeevs1992 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>> > >>>>
>>> > >>>>
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> --
>>> > >>> Bhargav Golla
>>> > >>> M.S Computer Science
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>>> > >>
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Abhilash Raj
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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