mailman update

[Richard Pyne]

Will someone please update the version in moonbase?

Thanks,

--Richard

On Monday 29 September 2003 08:06 am, Richard B. Pyne wrote:
> ------- Forwarded message follows -------
>
> I have released Mailman 2.1.3, a bug fix release which also
> contains
> support for four new languages: Ukrainian, Serbian, Euskara
> (Basque),
> and Danish.  This release also contains a fix for a cross-site
> scripting vulnerability in the 'create' cgi script, as well as
> improved performance of the bounce and outgoing queue runners.
> I
> recommend all sites running versions of the 2.1.x line upgrade
> to the
> new version.
>
> The full source tarball has been made available from the usual
> sites
> (although the gnu.org sites have not yet been updated).  Sorry,
> there
> is no patch available, but you should be able to install 2.1.3
> over
> your existing 2.1.x installation.  See
>
>     http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=103
>
> for links to download all the patches and the source tarballs.
> After
> installing, be sure you restart your Mailman daemon by doing a
> "mailmanctl restart".
>
> See also:
>
>     http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman
>     http://www.list.org (not yet updated)
>     http://mailman.sf.net
>
> Cheers,
> -Barry
>
> -------------------- snip snip --------------------
> 2.1.3 (28-Sep-2003)
>
>     Performance, Reliability, Security
>
>         - Closed a cross-site scripting exploit in the create
> cgi script.
>
>         - Improvements in the performance of the bounce
> processor.
>           Now, instead of processing each bounce immediately
> (which
>           can cause severe lock contention), bounce events are
> queued.
>           Every 15 minutes by default, the queued bounce events
> are
>           processed en masse, on a list-per-list basis, so that
> each
>           list only needs to be locked once.
>
>         - When some or all of a message's recipients have
> temporary
>           delivery failures, the message is moved to a "retry"
> queue.
>           This queue wakes up occasionally and moves the file
> back to
>           the outgoing queue for attempted redelivery.  This
> should
>           fix most observed OutgoingRunner 100% cpu consumption,
>           especially for bounces to local recipients when using
> the
>           Postfix MTA.
>
>         - Optional support for fsync()'ing qfile data after
> writing.
>           Under some catastrophic system failures (e.g. power
> lose),
>           it would be possible to lose messages because the data
>           wasn't sync'd to disk.  By setting SYNC_AFTER_WRITE to
> True
>           in Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py, you can force Mailman
> to
>           fsync() queue files after flushing them.  The benefits
> are
>           debatable for most operating environments, and you
> must
>           ensure that your Python has the os.fsync() function
> defined
>           before enabling this feature (it isn't, even on all
>           Unix-like operating systems).
>
>     Internationalization
>
>         - New languages Ukrainian, Serbian, Danish,
> Euskara/Basque.
>
>         - Fixes to template lookup.  Lists with local overriding
>           templates would find the wrong template.
>
>         - .mo files (for internationalization) are now generated
> at
>           build time instead of coming as part of the source
>           distribution.
>
>     Documentation
>
>         - A first draft of member documentation by Terri Oda.
> There
>           is also a Japanese translation of this manual by Ikeda
> Soji.
>
>     Archiver / Pipermail
>
>         - In the configuration variables
> PUBLIC_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER, and
>           PRIVATE_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER, %(hostname)s has been added
> to
>           the list of allowable substitution variables.
>
>         - The timezone is now taken into account when figuring
> the
>           posting date for an article.
>
>     Scripts / Cron
>
>         - Fixes to cron/disabled for NotAMemberError crashes.
>
>         - New script bin/show_qfiles which prints the contents
> of .pck
>           message files.  New script bin/discard which can be
> used to
>           mass discard held messages.
>
>         - Fixes to cron/mailpasswds to account for old password-
> less
>           subscriptions.
>
>         - bin/list_members has grown two new options: --invalid/-
> i
>           prints only the addresses in the member database that
> are
>           invalid (which could have snuck in via old releases);
>           --unicode/-u prints addresses which are stored as
> Unicode
>           objects instead of as normal strings.
>
>     Miscellaneous
>
>         - Fixes to problems in some configurations where Python
> wouldn't
>           be able to find its standard library.
>
>         - Fixes to the digest which could cause MIME-losing
> missing
>           newlines when parts are scrubbed via the content
> filters.
>
>         - In the News/Mail gateway admin page, the configuration
> variable
>           nntp_host can now be a name:port pair.
>
>         - When messages are pulled from NNTP, the member
> moderation checks
>           are short-circuited.
>
>         - email 2.5.4 is included.  This fixes an RFC 2231 bug,
> among
>           possibly others.
>
>         - Fixed some extra spaces that could appear in the List-
> ID header.
>
>         - Fixes to ensure that invalid email addresses can't be
> invited.
>
>         - WEB_LINK_COLOR in Defaults.py/mm_cfg.py should now
> work.
>
>         - Fixes so that shunted message file names actually
> match
>           those logged in log/errors.
>
>         - An improved pending action cookie generation algorithm
> has
>           been added.
>
>         - Fixes to the DSN bounce detector.
>
>         - The usual additional u/i, internationalization,
> unicode, and
>           other miscellaneous fixes.
>
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Richard B. Pyne
rpyne at kinfolk.org