Re: List managers [Was: Link usability]
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 20:49:29 UTC
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