[Pkg-mailman-hackers] Re: [Mailman-Developers] multilingual templates in Debian mailman [was: a picture, and a problem with the Debian package]

[Fil]

> When installing the mailman package, you got asked which languages you
> want that site to support. You didn't include Spanish in the list. Use
> "dpkg-reconfigure mailman" to change the list. All languages supported
> by a list on the site are forced on, meaning if you turn them off,
> they are turned back on in your back.

Why are not all templates installed, instead of only a subset?
What happens if Mailman adds a template, or modifies one?

> > which has weird symlinks:
> >         /var/lib/mailman/templates -> /etc/mailman
> 
> Templates can be changed by the administrator and are thus considered
> as configuration files and are thus in /etc/, as per Debian policy
> (and Linux FHS). This guarantees that a package upgrade won't override
> changes the administrator may have made.

OK. Why are not the templates in /etc/mailman/templates/ ? I find this
a bit confusing

> That linking may or may not confuse the maintainer scripts of the
> package, I'm not sure. If you want to play it safe, have your user
> remove that link and use "dpkg-reconfigure mailman".

I'll tell her if she comes back on the irc channel :)

Thanks for the explanations

-- Fil