[Pkg-mailman-hackers] Bug#446257: mailman: case sensitivity of list names is inconsistent across list_lists/list_members/list_admins

[Philip Hands]

Package: mailman
Version: 1:2.1.9-7
Severity: minor


... as demonstrated here:

root at free:~# list_lists | grep -i skiing
          Skiing - Phil's skiing holiday coordination list
root at free:~# list_admins Skiing
No such list: Skiing
root at free:~# list_admins skiing
List: skiing,   Owners: phil at hands.com
root at free:~# list_members Skiing | wc
     36      36     846
root at free:~# list_members skiing | wc
     36      36     846
root at free:~# list_members sKIING | wc
     36      36     846

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-free
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages mailman depends on:
ii  adduser                3.102             Add and remove users and groups
ii  apache2                2.2.3-4+etch1     Next generation, scalable, extenda
ii  apache2-mpm-worker [ht 2.2.3-4+etch1     High speed threaded model for Apac
ii  cron                   3.0pl1-100        management of regular background p
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.11            Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                  2.3.6.ds1-13etch2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  logrotate              3.7.1-3           Log rotation utility
ii  lsb-base               3.1-23.2etch1     Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii  postfix [mail-transpor 2.3.8-2+b1        A high-performance mail transport 
ii  pwgen                  2.05-1            Automatic Password generation
ii  python                 2.4.4-2           An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-support         0.5.6             automated rebuilding support for p
ii  ucf                    2.0020            Update Configuration File: preserv

mailman recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
* mailman/site_languages: de, en
* mailman/used_languages: de en
* mailman/create_site_list:
* mailman/queue_files_present:
* mailman/default_server_language: en
  mailman/gate_news: false