Hi David,
On Thu, Jul 20, 2017, at 12:47 PM, ddw David Wilson wrote:
Mailman 3 Status Update Please
I have been following the progress and difficulties with great interest as many struggle to implement the new version of the great Mailman 3
list-server software. Last year about this time I posed some questions regarding the current development status and recognize that many additional problems seem to get in the way of actually working on long term big picture issues.From my perspective of being an senior (ie overaged) person desirous of implementing fully-featured, capable, scalable, reliable, secure applications such as Mailman, I am convinced that I am thoroughly over my head.
From my limited perspective, it would seem to me that a 'nice to have' system would incorporate the following.
- An open container standard configurable system install, compatible with different web & mail servers, DB utilities, etc;
This already exists as of today, there are some open bugs and issues but nothing that would prevent you from using it right now. You can follow the documentation for the container images here1 and look at the issues on the corresponding Github project.
It should be compatible with major web & mail server and databases.
- Python 3 version Django utilities for archiving and mail list name management;
This is in the Roadmap and on high priority now that we have Mailman 3.1 out.
- A design/plan from an inside expert perspective stating costs, time and resources to implement the plan, incorporating crowdfunding to pay for project.
- As a backup incentive to the crowdfunding plan might be the offer of an expert to set up a system for each significant amount donated, say US$1,000, such as might be accomplished by an SSL session on the target computer/server after the user has specified all necessary detail as required in a template.
AFAIK the Core developers aren't providing any services for Mailman 3 as of now.
I am sure that the program author and other major contributors could greatly enhance this list.
In summary, I guess what I am requesting is an overview forecast by half year period and out for the next two years?
Please share the big picture?
There are some TODO items that we have talked about but they aren't set as hard goals with deadlines.
Most important of it is adding more features to Postorius (the Web Frontend) so as to accomplish everything one would want to interact with Mailman Core. One missing feature of the top of my head is the customizing the template.
Fixing the upgrade path from Mailman 2 is another important issue.
Other changes have more to do with the quality of code and probably more robust testing of the different components.
Another important thing would be to have more user documentation for different management related tasks, like a List Administrator Manual.
Apart from this, I can't think anything more as of now. Others might step in if they feel there is something missing in the list.
-- thanks, Abhilash Raj