On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 01:07, Frankie wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> This is just an FYI message..
> 
> I wanted to setup mailman on my mdk9.0 server.. but did not want to use the
> old version that comes with 9.0.
> 
> So I grabbed the cooker src rpm (2.1.2 think) and rebuilt it.. all went well
> and its all working.
> Much nicer then the old 2.0.x version that 9.0 came with.
> 
> Just thought I'd mention it here in case anyone else was considering it.
> 
> Mailman is soooo much better then Sympa.. I wonder why mandrake don't swap
> to it.
> (maybe its not as good at massive lists? or too slow? )
> 

I suspect it's a totally non-technical reason -- say, no one has the
time to be messing with it? It's unfortunate that the mailing lists
appear to be being deprioritized in favor of web fora like
mandrakeexpert and mandrakeclub. 

We just had an interesting conversation on this front in the slimp3
users' group. Interestingly enough, the slimp3 developers hang out in
their users group and were able to participate in the discussion. While
web fora had their proponents, it quickly became clear that none of the
proponents are actually people qualified to give help. When the people
who provide help and software began to mention that they wouldn't join a
forum, it definitely got attention. After about a week, the slimp3
people announced they would be rolling out a best-of-both-worlds
solution: Mailman.

-- 
Jack Coates
Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
http://www.monkeynoodle.org/resume.html


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