Re: Getting MJ2 Running On Debian Sid

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 08:29:19PM -0400, Robert wrote:
> It's in daily use on one of my servers.  With a half a dozen active
> lists.

Similarly here, it is in daily use for at least that many lists.

> Robert
> 
> On Wed, 2012-08-22 at 18:18 -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> > >>>>> "SG" == Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[email protected]> writes:
> > SG> But "Dead" is perhaps an overstatement for the software in its
> > SG> current condition (at least, as I see it), for the same reasons as
> > SG> Majordomo 1.94, especially if others decide to maintain it.
> > 
> > Well, others have had the better part of a decade to do so.  Nobody but
> > me made a peep when the security issue was reported, and I had to
> > re-learn Perl just to fix it (and made a botch of it the first time).
> > 
> > SG> It is, even now, a hell of a sight better than Mailman (excepting
> > SG> perhaps localisations).
> > 
> > I won't disagree about mailman; I still curse it for not doing things
> > that Mj2 has done essentially forever.
> > 
> > SG> It could just has easily have become unpopular or just very stable.
> > 
> > For me the first nail in the coffin was when even the Perl people
> > wouldn't use it.  And that was back when it was actively developed.
> > Mailman was created entirely out of language bigotry (really, I was
> > there).
> > 
> > Anyway, there's a core of something good in the Mj2 code.  I know there
> > is, that's why I still run it.  And indeed I've long since moved on.
> > But I would be happy to help in what limited capacity I can if someone
> > else wants to do stuff.  Of course, that's always been the case.  But
> > there's a lot that needs doing.
> > 
> >  - J<

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