Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:49:29 -0700 From: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: List managers [Was: Link usability] Message-ID: <7e683c8f-0bb4-74c8-386e-5c4dff5f0804@nomadlogic.org> In-Reply-To: <20230321192209.giqsnhqbl7ben6vk@beesty.loosely.org> References: <ca17a158b68d6cf2d0c261cc5f4268d5ef367482.camel@blues-softwares.net> <3faa3481-abe3-47cd-f273-2658db42a5bc@gmail.com> <11239785ba0531583f29189b133ceafdcded8aad.camel@blues-softwares.net> <ac194575-8e40-5e19-2478-a69fffbab278@freebsd.org> <5f1028aadd42bcbd89c62e843fc59798c52a0f36.camel@blues-softwares.net> <9B5F5E1E-555D-4FA8-AFBE-EBBD3A8A7045@nimnet.asn.au> <6eaa6e1f-af45-41f8-a5d7-2f03eb4f456a@freebsd.org> <A7E64A3C-2D9C-4368-ACC9-A81403C163EC@nimnet.asn.au> <20230321192209.giqsnhqbl7ben6vk@beesty.loosely.org>
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On 3/21/23 12:22, possessor.assizer305@aceecat.org wrote: > On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 07:49:11PM +1100, Ian Smith wrote: > >> Ah, right. Yet another consequence of the regressive move from >> mailman plus pipermail to mlmmj is loss of clickable links in the >> archived messages. Duh! > Out of curiosity, what was the rationale for the move? > > My opinion: > Mailman has its warts but it's ubiquitous and well suited for > a world where almost everything has to be done in the browser > for $REASONS. > my understanding is that mailman was tied to python2, and the next version of mailman (v3 iirc) that supports python3 is incompatible with the previous version. i think it also had a bunch of other shortcomings/issues. so i suspect the lift to use mlmmj was easier than moving to mailman v3. i agree its an unfortunate situation, but its i think it would be irresponsible to rely on python2 for such critical infrastructure. -p -- Pete Wright pete@nomadlogic.org @nomadlogicLA
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