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@@ -6,47 +6,109 @@ Here is a history of user visible changes to Mailman. 2.1.3 (XX-Sep-2003) - - New languages Ukrainian, Serbian, Danish, Euskara/Basque. + Performance and Reliability - - Improvements in the performance of the bounce processor. Now, - instead of processing each bounce immediately (which can cause - severe lock contention), bounce events are queued. Every 15 - minutes by default, the queued bounce events are processed en - masse, on a list-per-list basis, so that each list only needs to - be locked once. + - Improvements in the performance of the bounce processor. + Now, instead of processing each bounce immediately (which + can cause severe lock contention), bounce events are queued. + Every 15 minutes by default, the queued bounce events are + processed en masse, on a list-per-list basis, so that each + list only needs to be locked once. - - When some or all of a message's recipients have temporary - delivery failures, the message is moved to a "retry" queue. - This queue wakes up occasionally and moves the file back to the - outgoing queue for attempted redelivery. This should fix most - observed OutgoingRunner 100% cpu consumption, especially for - bounces to local recipients when using the Postfix MTA. + - When some or all of a message's recipients have temporary + delivery failures, the message is moved to a "retry" queue. + This queue wakes up occasionally and moves the file back to + the outgoing queue for attempted redelivery. This should + fix most observed OutgoingRunner 100% cpu consumption, + especially for bounces to local recipients when using the + Postfix MTA. - - A first draft of member documentation by Terri Oda. There is - also a Japanese translation of this manual by Ikeda Soji. + - Optional support for fsync()'ing qfile data after writing. + Under some catastrophic system failures (e.g. power lose), + it would be possible to lose messages because the data + wasn't sync'd to disk. By setting SYNC_AFTER_WRITE to True + in Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py, you can force Mailman to + fsync() queue files after flushing them. The benefits are + debatable for most operating environments, and you must + ensure that your Python has the os.fsync() function defined + before enabling this feature (it isn't, even on all + Unix-like operating systems). - - In the configuration variables PUBLIC_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER, and - PRIVATE_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER, %(hostname)s has been added to the - list of allowable substitution variables. + Internationalization - - In the News/Mail gateway admin page, the configuration variable - nntp_host can now be a name:port pair. + - New languages Ukrainian, Serbian, Danish, Euskara/Basque. - - email 2.5.4 is included. + - Fixes to template lookup. Lists with local overriding + templates would find the wrong template. - - WEB_LINK_COLOR in Defaults.py/mm_cfg.py should now work. + - .mo files (for internationalization) are now generated at + build time instead of coming as part of the source + distribution. - - Fixes to cron/disabled for NotAMemberError crashes. + Documentation - - New script bin/show_qfiles which prints the contents of .pck - message files. New script bin/discard which can be used to mass - discard held messages. + - A first draft of member documentation by Terri Oda. There + is also a Japanese translation of this manual by Ikeda Soji. - - Fixes so that shunted message file names actually match those - logged in log/errors. + Archiver / Pipermail - - .mo files (for internationalization) are now generated at build - time instead of coming as part of the source distribution. + - In the configuration variables PUBLIC_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER, and + PRIVATE_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER, %(hostname)s has been added to + the list of allowable substitution variables. + + - The timezone is now taken into account when figuring the + posting date for an article. + + Scripts / Cron + + - Fixes to cron/disabled for NotAMemberError crashes. + + - New script bin/show_qfiles which prints the contents of .pck + message files. New script bin/discard which can be used to + mass discard held messages. + + - Fixes to cron/mailpasswds to account for old password-less + subscriptions. + + - bin/list_members has grown two new options: --invalid/-i + prints only the addresses in the member database that are + invalid (which could have snuck in via old releases); + --unicode/-u prints addresses which are stored as Unicode + objects instead of as normal strings. + + Miscellaneous + + - Fixes to problems in some configurations where Python wouldn't + be able to find its standard library. + + - Fixes to the digest which could cause MIME-losing missing + newlines when parts are scrubbed via the content filters. + + - In the News/Mail gateway admin page, the configuration variable + nntp_host can now be a name:port pair. + + - When messages are pulled from NNTP, the member moderation checks + are short-circuited. + + - email 2.5.4 is included. This fixes an RFC 2231 bug, among + possibly others. + + - Fixed some extra spaces that could appear in the List-ID header. + + - Fixes to ensure that invalid email addresses can't be invited. + + - WEB_LINK_COLOR in Defaults.py/mm_cfg.py should now work. + + - Fixes so that shunted message file names actually match + those logged in log/errors. + + - An improved pending action cookie generation algorithm has + been added. + + - Fixes to the DSN bounce detector. + + - The usual additional u/i, internationalization, unicode, and + other miscellaneous fixes. 2.1.2 (22-Apr-2003) |