[Systers-dev] bugs in Mailman

[kanika vats]

Hello Anna,


Hi Kanika,
> I'm not in the mood to reinstall everything including Mailman today to be
> able to commit to the branch myself, but I do want to help to solve the
> problems with the lists so I just downloaded the code to take a look at it.
> I know you had your share of fun reinstalling everything as well this summer
> so I think you understand why I don't want to do it again unless necessary.
> :)

So have you removed mailman already? Hehe..

>
> For the dlist problem (list not becoming dlists), you might want to try
> changing in row 672 and 763 in DlistUtils.py setting it to
> mlist.dlists_enabled instead of just mlist.dlists (at least to make it
> compatible with the things I wrote, mlist.dlists_enabled is referenced in
> other files and not set if mlist.dlists is used instead --> possible
> problems). I'm not sure this will make the trick since I only really quickly
> took a look at the code between classes but it might be worth a shot.

Yup changed that and the Dlist feature problem is solved ;).I knew you will
be able to figure out this bug easily.

> Also, I changed in my code so that the default value if the
> mlist.dlists(_enabled) isn't set it automatically returns True in the
> exception in row 674, I think this is a good thing to do to be on the safe
> side with compitability with old lists so you might want to change this as
> well. This looked like a small bug to me at least but like I said I haven't
> tried it. Did you ever use mlist.dlists to anything else? Using grep I
> couldn't find any other references but still?
>
Well I am not getting this change you made,have you committed this change to
your  branch,if not can you mail me the file where you made the change so
that I can reflect it in orm_objectoriented branch.

No,I did not use mlist.dlists to anything else.

>
> I still haven't figured out what the deal with the debug_mode is, it's
> really strange that it doesn't work. I mean, it's just a simple boolean
> variable and an if-statement - how much wrong could one get it? :P I'll give
> it some more thought though and let you know if I can think of something.
>
Yup right the debug mode problem is a strange thing,in your absence I was
not able to figure out the reason myself...after all it's just a simple
boolean variable and an if-statement :P.

@Jennifer can you please update the code at abiwt.org from
orm_objectoriented branch.The Dlist feature bug is solved now.I guess we
should start the final testing.

Anna you can help me figure out the Debug mode problem during the
testing....we can make subsequent commits and updates to get this thing
working,this can perhaps save your time from reinstalling mailman
locally.Lets decide on a meeting time on irc and we can together work on
this DEBUG_MODE issue.

After next week my mid-semester exams will be starting and I will get very
busy,so I really want this problem to get solved within this weekend and our
code to get pushed to production :).Let me know if you are available Anna.

PS:Jennifer we will require your help too ;>

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Best Regards
Kanika Vats