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@@ -4,7 +4,50 @@ Copyright (C) 1998-2003 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. Here is a history of user visible changes to Mailman. -2.1.2 (31-Mar-2003) +2.1.2 (19-Apr-2003) + + - New languages Portuguese (Portugal) and Polish. + + - Many convenient constants have been added to the Defaults.py + module to (hopefully) make it more readable. + + - The semantics for the extend.py hook to MailList objects has + changed slightly. The hook is now called before attempting to + lock and load the database. + + - Email addresses which contain 8-bit characters in them are now + rejected and won't be subscribed. This is not the same as 8-bit + characters in the realname, which is still allowed. + + - When running make to build Mailman, you can specify $DESTDIR to + the install target to specify an alternative location for + installation, without influencing the paths stored in + e.g. Defaults.py. This is useful to package managers. + + - New Defaults.py variable DELIVERY_RETRY_WAIT which controls how + long the outgoing qrunner will wait before it retries a + tempfailure delivery. + + - Mailman now uses the email package version 2.5.1 + + - bin/transcheck now checks for double-%'s + + - bin/genaliases grew a -q / --quiet flag + + - cron/checkdbs grew a -h / --help option. + + - The -c / --change-msg option has been removed from bin/add_members + + - A new file misc/sitelist.cfg which can be used with + bin/config_list provides a small number of recommended settings + for your site list. Be sure to read it over before applying! + sitelist.cfg is installed into the data directory. + + - Many bug fixes, including these SourceForge bugs closed and + patches applied: 677668, 690448, 700538, 700537, 673294, 683906, + 671294, 522080, 521124, 534297, 699900, 697321, 695526, 703941, + 658261, 710678, 707608, 671303, 717096, 694912, 707624, 716755, + 661138, 716754, 716702, 667167 2.1.1 (08-Feb-2003) |