[Mailman-Users] openbsd and mailman

[ppruett]

mailman and openbsd and ports........


I got it up and running on openbsd using the latest
cvs tree, since I own my
small business,
and have to keep busy to make payroll, we never seem to
have much time to spare
unfortunately....  
I would like to make a port,
but for now I may have to put it off - regrets,,,
Unfortunately I have to do things like
help a customer build a Microsoft Access database to 
do labels -yuck- and another to do a php script pages, etc...
and somehow make payroll.., 
and I know if it wasn't for
opensource I couldn't be in business at all 
but at the same time it's so hard to find the
time to contribute - its a problem for all is small isps
oh well - a little cheese with the wine...:)
that being said here is the next steps I could do.

I need to read-

http://www.openbsd.org/porting.html
"So you've just compiled your favorite software package on your OpenBSD
machine and you want to share your effort by turning it into a standard
port. What to do?........."

And after I created the tarball for the port I'd email ports at openbsd.org
with the location.... and then peer revision I think....

But I wonder, I just tried to make "hylafax" and the openbsd port
said no do to security issues, I wonder if mailman would make
it through the audits,

well back reducing the email inbox,
thanks for the input
-paul



On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, tim wrote:

> 
> 
> hello,
> 
> you're right, FreeBSD does have a mailman port:
> 
> Port:   mailman-2.0b5
> Path:   /usr/ports/mail/mailman
> Info:   Software to help manage email discussion lists
> Maint:  ports at FreeBSD.org
> Index:  mail
> B-deps: python-1.5.2
> R-deps: apache-1.3.12 python-1.5.2
> 
> 
> Well, if you have it now up and running ... maybe try porting it to OpenBSD, or at
> least getting in contact with the ports team of OpenBSD. 
> 
> It would be worth the effort since mailman offers many nice advantages to majordomo,
> namely the ease in maintaining the list through the webinterface. 
> 
> and, of course, it's also good promotion for python. 
> 
> cheers,
> 
> t.
> 
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 10:35:00AM +0000, ppruett wrote:
> > 
> > thanks for the note,
> > 
> > Iwas using the beta that was linked from the homepage....
> > 
> > 
> > Agreed I don't think it is python, 
> > per reply to list, I had to go to
> > sourceforge
> > to get the latest mailman using cvs, 
> > there was a bug that effected
> > the socket I was told on bsd versions
> > However I'm still using 1.52 python - its working and
> > I had to be up so I did not try it with 1.6 python.
> > 
> > I have seen some complaints and wishing that
> > the bsd packages all shared the same ports tree,
> > but I don't think it will happen.  I think one of
> > the flavors of bsd has mailman in it's port maybe freebsd....
> > but I elected to switch from redhat to openbsd,
> > thus the migration pains...
> > 
> > Well I'm up an running mailman so far
> > 
> > - thanks for your input.
> > paul
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, tim wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > hello,
> > > 
> > > have you already asked if there is a port in development? I asked once about
> > > pptp client, and I got many prompt replies. 
> > > 
> > > It's a real shame that neither Open nor NetBSD have a port/pkg for mailman.
> > > I can't see why, I think python is not a problem on either system as an
> > > application like xmms is. 
> > > 
> > > good luck with it!
> > > 
> > > t.
> > > 
> > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 02:01:21PM +0000, ppruett wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I was able to get mailman to work I thought...
> > > > on a generic Openbsd 2.7 
> > > > 
> > > > I did have to use their port of python 1.52
> > > > because their port of 1.6 did not work, I put
> > > > a bug notice on it just in case it was relevant
> > > > for the developers of mailman.
> > > > 
> > > > So I got it going I thought, it worked, then
> > > > the next day its pretending to work
> > > > I noted that a posting showed up in the archive
> > > > but never went out. subsequent postings don't
> > > > show up in the archive nor deliver but
> > > > they don't bounce either they just dissappear
> > > > and don't show up in the mqueue either...
> > > > 
> > > > My question to the list is...
> > > >  Are there members using OpenBSD 2.7 and 
> > > >  was there some tricks or gotchass other
> > > >  than that mentioned in README.BSD
> > > > 
> > > > ?
> > > > 
> > > > - thanks,
> > > > paul
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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> > > > http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > 
> > > Buy yourself a computer ... buy yourself frustration
> > > 
> > 
> 
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> 
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