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Mailman - The GNU Mailing List Management System
-Copyright (C) 1998-2004 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1998-2014 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
@@ -29,6 +29,28 @@ UPGRADING FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS
your web server documentation for details.
+UPGRADING PYTHON
+
+ If you are replacing Python with a newer version in the same location,
+ you don't need to do anything special for Mailman.
+
+ If you are installing a Python upgrade to be used by Mailman along side
+ an existing Python, you will need to configure Mailman with the
+ --with-python option to point to your new Python and you will need to
+ check Mailman's crontab and any /etc/init.d/ script and manually fix any
+ python commands as needed.
+
+
+UPGRADING FROM 2.1.5+ to 2.1.18+
+
+ Mailman 2.1.18 introduced a new Python dependency to support the
+ dmarc_moderation_action feature. This requires that the dnspython package
+ be available in the configured Python. ./configure will quit with an
+ error message if it doesn't find dnspython. The package can be downloaded
+ from <http://www.dnspython.org/> or from the CheeseShop
+ <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dnspython/> or installed with pip.
+
+
UPGRADING FROM 2.1.4 to 2.1.5
In Mailman 2.1.5, some significant changes have been made to the file