- Mark Sapiro (mark@msapiro.net) [210622 14:22]:
It isn't necessary to patch the source in this way. If you put the modified templates in Mailman's var/templates/site/de/ directory, ensuring that the Mailman user can read them, they will be used and you won't have to patch the source every time you upgrade.
Thanks Mark for pointing that out.
I also should have mentioned that this would be the recommendation for operations, especially if mailman is install by some normal means (pip, distribution packages, etc). I perhaps took it for granted too much to never touch files coming out of automated systems by hand (except where the automated system caters for, e.g. debian conffiles), because that is a sure way to get into trouble with the next upgrade.
(My mailman installation is the exception and not the rule, so unless you know what you're doing and have done similar before, just follow Marks advice)
Andi