[Mailman-Users] Install mailman-2.1.z with python3.6

[Odhiambo Washington]

I need to install Mailman2.1 using python3.x, but I have had some problem.

On my Ubuntu-18.04 server, I have both python2.7 and python3.6.
Now, everything is all fine with python2.7, but when I use python3.6, it
bombs out:


root at lists:/home/wash/Mailman/2.1.29/mailman-2.1.29# ./configure
--with-cgi-gid=33 --with-mail-gid=117 --with-python=/usr/bin/python3.6
checking for --with-python... /usr/bin/python3.6
checking Python interpreter... /usr/bin/python3.6
checking Python version... 3.6.7
checking dnspython... ok
checking Python's email package... Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "conftest.py", line 8, in <module>
    version = tuple(int(v) for v in email.__version__.split('.'))
AttributeError: module 'email' has no attribute '__version__'
cat: conftest.out: No such file or directory

checking Japanese codecs... Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "conftest.py", line 2, in <module>
    unicode('OK', 'iso-2022-jp')
NameError: name 'unicode' is not defined
cat: conftest.out: No such file or directory

checking Korean codecs... Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "conftest.py", line 2, in <module>
    unicode('OK', 'euc-kr')
NameError: name 'unicode' is not defined
cat: conftest.out: No such file or directory

checking that Python has a working distutils... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for true... /bin/true
checking for --without-gcc... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether #! works in shell scripts... yes
checking for --with-var-prefix... no
checking for --with-permcheck... yes
checking for --with-username... mailman
checking for user name "mailman"... okay
checking for --with-groupname... mailman
checking for group name "mailman"... okay
checking permissions on /usr/local/mailman...   File "conftest.py", line 17
    if mailmangid <> gid:
                   ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
cat: conftest.out: No such file or directory
configure: error:
***** Installation directory /usr/local/mailman is not configured properly!


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Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
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