From 4af43fe05e3d0eb8291b1088213adb319ab7d2f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bwarsaw <>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 19:15:42 +0000
Subject: Updated news, in preparation for 2.1.5 final.

---
 NEWS | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'NEWS')

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c470bc8b..35797f80 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ Copyright (C) 1998-2004 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 Here is a history of user visible changes to Mailman.
 
-2.1.5c2 (24-Apr-2004)
+2.1.5 (XX-May-2004)
+
+    - The admindb page has a checkbox that allows you to discard all held
+      messages that are marked Defer.  On heavy lists with lots of spam holds,
+      this makes clearing them much faster.
 
     - The qrunner system has changed to use only one file per message.
       However the configuration variable METADATA_FORMAT has been removed, and
@@ -17,14 +21,28 @@ Here is a history of user visible changes to Mailman.
       file (with more verbosity) and if used with 'python -i', it binds msg to
       a list of all objects found in the pickle file.
 
+      Removed from Defaults.py: PENDINGDB_LOCK_TIMEOUT,
+      PENDINGDB_LOCK_ATTEMPTS, METAFMT_MARSHAL, METAFMT_BSDDB_NATIVE,
+      METAFMT_ASCII, METADATA_FORMAT
+
     - 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.
+      score is reset to zero when the probe is sent.  Also, bounce events are
+      now kept in an event file instead of in memory.  This should help
+      contain the bloat of the BounceRunner.
+
+      New supporting variables in Defaults.py: VERP_PROBE_FORMAT,
+      VERP_PROBE_REGEXP
+
+      REGISTER_BOUNCES_EVERY is promoted to a Defaults.py variable.
 
     - The pending database has been changed from a global pickle file, to a
       unique pickle file per mailing list.
 
+    - The 'request' database file has changed from a marshal, to the more
+      secure pickle format.
+
     - Disallow multiple password retrievals.
 
     - SF patch #810675 which adds a "Discard all messages marked Defer" button
@@ -32,6 +50,10 @@ Here is a history of user visible changes to Mailman.
 
     - New language: Turkish.
 
+    - Bugs and patches: 869644, 869647 (NotAMemberError for old cookie data),
+      878087 (bug in Slovenian catalog), 899263 (ignore duplicate pending
+      ids), 810675 (discard all defers button)
+
 2.1.4 (31-Dec-2003)
 
     - Close some cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in the admin pages
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