[Pkg-mailman-hackers] Bug#398771: installing mailman with python 2.3 causes loop condition during python upgrade

[Lionel Elie Mamane]

On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 03:55:15PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
>>> I just checked, it is not a conffile.

>> ... and not shipped by the package, but created by the postinst.

>> Which means this also breaks _new_ installs as far as I understand it
>> because if:

> There's the possibility of not including the symlink in the package
> but creating it at the same time when you create
> /etc/mailman/mm_cfg.py.

Yes, but if the admin removes the configuration file we are out of
sync... I'll have to think a bit about a good solution. Thinking
aloud... If I can keep that file from being compiled _at_ _all_, this
would seem a good solution... The file is small (just configuration),
so having it not compiled is perfectly acceptable performance-wise...

Thanks for your suggestions,

-- 
Lionel