From a3a2e764e98755d616c6c661ca7a9aadb6f0dc84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bwarsaw <>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 20:09:15 +0000
Subject: Updates for 2.1.6 final.

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@@ -14,43 +14,55 @@ Other-links:
 
 <p>Mailman currently runs only on GNU/Linux and any other Un*x-like
 operating system, such as *BSD, Solaris, etc.  It should work on
-MacOSX but not earlier versions of MacOS.  It probably does not work
+MacOSX but not on MacOS 9.  It probably does not work
 on Windows, although it's possible you could get it running on a
 Cygwin system (please <a
 href="mailto:mailman-developers@python.org">let the developer
 community know</a> if you have success with this!)
 
-<p>Before you can run Mailman, you need to make sure that
-<a href="http://www.python.org/">Python</a> is installed.  Mailman 2.1
-requires at least Python 2.1.3, although Python 2.2.2 is
-recommended. Most GNU/Linux systems come with Python pre-installed, so
-you just need to make sure you're running an up-to-date version.  You
-can do this by executing the following at your shell's command line:
+<p>You must have the
+<a href="http://www.python.org/">Python</a>
+interpreter installed somewhere on your system.  Currently Python 2.1
+or newer is required, with Python 2.3 or 2.4 being recommended.  Mailman
+should work with latest patch release on any Python branch from 2.1 to
+2.4, which as of this writing (30-May-2005) is
+<a href="http://www.python.org/2.1.3/">Python 2.1.3</a>,
+<a href="http://www.python.org/2.2.3/">Python 2.2.3</a>,
+<a href="http://www.python.org/2.3.5/">Python 2.3.5</a>, and
+<a href="http://www.python.org/2.4.1/">Python 2.4.1</a>.
+
+<p><em>Note that because Python 2.1 and 2.2 are no longer being developed, and
+only critical bugs are being fixed on the Python 2.3 branch, it is recommended
+that you upgrade to Python 2.4.  It is possible that support for Python 2.1
+and 2.2 will be dropped in a future release of Mailman.  Python 2.3 support
+will most likely be maintained for the duration of the Mailman 2.1 series.</em>
+
+<p>Most GNU/Linux systems and MacOSX come with Python pre-installed, so you
+just need to make sure you're running an up-to-date version.  You can do this
+by executing the following at your shell's command line:
 
 <blockquote>
 <pre>
 % python -V
-Python 2.1.3
+Python 2.4.1
 </pre>
 </blockquote>
 
 If your Python executable doesn't understand the <code>-V</code>
 option, it's definitely too old!
 
-<p>You will also need an SMTP server (a.k.a. mail transport agent or
-<em>MTA</em>) for mail delivery and reception.  Mailman should work
-well with any of the most popular Unix mail servers such as
-<a href="http://www.postfix.org/">Postfix</a>,
-<a href="http://www.exim.org/">Exim</a>,
-<a href="http://www.sendmail.org/">Sendmail</a> and
-<a href="http://www.qmail.org/">qmail</a>.
-
-<p>You will also need a web server.
-<a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> is certainly the most
-popular, is available for all Unix systems, and works great with
-Mailman.
-
-<p>To install Mailman from the sources, you will also need an ANSI C
-compiler.  The
-<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/">GNU C compiler</a>
-gcc 2.8.1 or later is known to work well.
+<p>You must have a mail server (MTA) that you can send messages to, and a
+web server that supports the CGI/1.1 API.
+<a href="http://httpd.apache.org">Apache</a> makes a fine choice
+for web server, and MTAs such as
+<a href="http://www.postfix.org">Postfix</a>,
+<a href="http://www.exim.org">Exim</a>,
+<a href="http://www.sendmail.org">Sendmail</a>, and
+<a href="http://www.qmail.org">qmail</a>
+should work just fine.
+
+<p>You will need an ANSI C compiler to build Mailman's security
+wrappers.  The
+<a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/">GNU C compiler</a>
+gcc 2.8.1 or later is known to work
+well.
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