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@@ -4,11 +4,73 @@ Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000,2001 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. Here is a history of user visible changes to Mailman. -2.0.1 (03-Jan-2001) +2.1 alpha 1 (04-Mar-2001) - Bug fix release, namely fixes a buglet in bin/withlist affecting - the -l and -r flags; also a problem that can cause qrunner to stop - processing mail after disk-full events (SourceForge bug 127199). + - Python 2.0 or newer required. Also required is `mimelib' a new + library for handling MIME documents. This will be bundled in + future releases, but for now, you must download and install it + (using Python's distutils) from + + http://barry.wooz.org/software/Code/mimelib-0.2.tar.gz + + You need mimelib 0.2 or better. + + - Redesigned qrunner subsystem. Now there are multiple message + queues, and considerable flexibility in file formats for + integration with external systems. The current crop of queues + include: + + archive -- for posting messages to an archiver + commands -- for incoming email commands and bounces + in -- for list-destined incoming email + news -- for messages outgoing to a nntp server + out -- for messages outgoing to a smtp server + shunt -- for messages that trigger unexpected exceptions in Mailman + virgin -- for messages that are generated by Mailman + + cron/qrunner is now a long running script that forks off + sub-runners for each of the above queues. qrunner still plays + nice with cron, but it is expected to be started by init at some + point in the future. Some support exists for parallel + processing of messages in the queues. + + - Support for internationalization support merged in. Original + work done by Juan Carlos Rey Anaya and Victoriano Giralt. I've + tested about 90% of the web side, 50% of the email, and 50% of + the command line / cron scripts. + + New scripts: bin/newlang, bin/rmlang + + - New delivery script `auto' for automatic integration with the + Postfix MTA. + + - A bunch of new bounce detectors. + + Changes ported from Mailman 2.0.2 and 2.0.1: + + - A fix for a potential privacy exploit where a clever list + administrator could gain access to user passwords. This doesn't + allow them to do much more harm to the user then they normally + could, but they still shouldn't have access to the passwords. + + - In the admindb page, don't complain when approving a + subscription of someone who's already on the list (SF bug + #222409 - Thomas Wouters). + + Also, quote for HTML the Subject: text printed for held + messages, otherwise messages with e.g. "Subject: </table>" could + royally screw page formatting. + + - Docstring fix bin/newlist to remove mention of "immediate" + argument (Thomas Wouters). + + - Fix for bin/update when PREFIX != VAR_PREFIX (SF bug #229794 -- + Thomas Wouters). + + - Bug fix release, namely fixes a buglet in bin/withlist affecting + the -l and -r flags; also a problem that can cause qrunner to + stop processing mail after disk-full events (SourceForge bug + 127199). 2.0 final (21-Nov-2000) |