[Mailman-Users] htdig and paths

[Richard Barrett]

Charles

On 30 Jun 2004, at 20:11, Charles Sprickman wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Jun 2004, Richard Barrett wrote:
>
>> This is explained in the INSTALL.htdig-mm file (or its HTML version)
>> added to the $build directory by the patch:
>
> I can't tell you how many times I read that page.  Lots of info in one
> page... :)

Bit of a brain dump I know. Surprised me to find so much junk in there.

>
> Anyhow, today I went and double-checked my ScriptAlias lines, removed 
> an
> Alias that referenced "/htdig/", and it's working again...  I'm not 
> sure
> how I fixed it, as at some point yesterday I did not have the Alias 
> line
> in there.  Testing both private and public lists shows that it works as
> expected now (including trying to reach a private URL without logging 
> in;
> I get a proper email/pass prompt).
>
> Anyhow, thanks for pointing out that "htdig" is indeed a cgi in the
> mailman cgi-bin, that fact slipped my mind yesterday.
>
> Is there any chance this set of patches will ever make it into Mailman?

Not in my and MM 2.1.x's lifetime. Just hope that the experts producing 
MM 3 get the archive search issue right but do not bet your pension 
fund on it.

> List archives without an integrated search (especially private lists) 
> are
> an absolute necessity; no one wants to page through years of posts to 
> find
> what they're looking for...

Pushing against an open door as far as I am concerned.

>
> Thanks for the help and for the excellent patch!

I will get a set of MM 2.1.5 patches out but as I write I am still 
buried in rewriting some ancient Apache 1.x modules and shell/C hacks 
belonging to a client as coherent set of Apache 2 compatible mod_perl 
handlers and output filters; a worthwhile but challenging task that has 
taken much more effort than anticipated. Nearly there so the new 2.1.5 
MM-htdig patches should follow soon after.

regards

Richard

>
> Charles
>