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Diffstat (limited to 'UPGRADING')
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ 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 @@ -45,7 +67,7 @@ UPGRADING FROM 2.1.4 to 2.1.5 message and metadata. This should make MM2.1.5 half as hostile to the file system. - The bin/upgrade script, which is run automatically when you upgrade, + The bin/update script, which is run automatically when you upgrade, should convert all the old style qfiles to the new style qfiles. Note that this could take a long time if you have a lot of files in your qfiles subdirectories. Pay particular attention to files you might have in |