[Pkg-mailman-hackers] Bug#827373: Bug#827373: mailman should use cron.{daily, weekly, monthly}, not cron.d

[Thijs Kinkhorst]

On Wed, June 15, 2016 14:32, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Package: mailman
> Version: 1:2.1.18-2
>
> In (at least some) previous versions of the Debian mailman package,
> the regular tasks were done by dropping files into /etc/cron.monthly/
> and so on.

This has not been the case since at least 2006, likely much longer.

> Now, this is done by creating a file /etc/cron.d/mailman.
>
> Using cron.{monthly,weekly,daily} has the following advantages:
>
>  * The timing of regular cron jobs can be adjusted once by the system
>    administrator by adjusting the timing of the run-parts invocations.
>
>  * Regular cron jobs are (generally) scheduled sequentially with
>    other cron jobs, avoiding multiple cron jobs at once (which can be
>    confusing and perhaps even cause lossage)
>
>  * There is less of a problem with conffile edit conflicts, as there
>    isn't a single schedule file (cron.d/mailman) which is constantly
>    edited and updated.
>
> Please can you switch this back the way it was ?

I understand the suggestion, but it's not like I could just undo some
recent change. Since mailman 2 packaging is only in maintenance mode I
don't see it as very opportune to be changing this part of the packaging
which has been working this way for over 12 years.


Cheers,
Thijs