Describe the changes in the qrunner system, bin/dumpdb, the bounce processor

and the pending database.

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 93c8ae5d..2281430c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,9 +1,30 @@
 Mailman - The GNU Mailing List Management System
-Copyright (C) 1998-2003 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1998-2004 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
 
 Here is a history of user visible changes to Mailman.
 
+2.1.5 (XX-XXX-2004)
+
+    - The qrunner system has changed to use only one file per message.
+      However the configuration variable METADATA_FORMAT has been removed, and
+      support for SAVE_MSGS_AS_PICKLES has been changed.  The latter no longer
+      writes messages as plain text.  Instead, they are stored as pickles of
+      plain strings, using the text pickle format.  This still makes them
+      non-binary files readable and editable by humans.
+
+      bin/dumpdb also works differently.  It will print out the entire pickle
+      file (with more verbosity) and if used with 'python -i', it binds msg to
+      a list of all objects found in the pickle file.
+
+    - The bounce processor has been redesigned so that now when an address's
+      bounce score reaches the threshold, that address will be sent a probe
+      message.  Only if the probe bounces will the address be disabled.  The
+      score is reset to zero when the probe is sent.
+
+    - The pending database has been changed from a global pickle file, to a
+      unique pickle file per mailing list.
+
 2.1.4 (31-Dec-2003)
 
     - Close some cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in the admin pages