Getting ready for v0.3 release.

.cvsignore

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+build
+dist
+*.pyc

CHANGELOG

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-Version 0.3.0   - ???
+Version 0.3.0   - 11 April 2002
   * We now preserve the last-accessed and last-modified timestamps correctly
+  * We now preserve the correct permissions on the original mailbox instead
+    of always mode 600
   * Fixed a bug where lockfiles were being created that were not
     world-readable
   * Made archivemail work better when used as a python module so it can
-    integrate better with unittest.
-  * Budled a unit testing script for archivemail.
+    integrate better with unittest. (... although I still distribute it 
+    without the .py extension - dodgy?)
+  * Bundled a unit-testing script for archivemail 
+  * Started using a distutils 'setup.py' script for installation.
 
 Version 0.2.1   - 4 April 2002
   * Since we might not have a parse-able 'Date-Received' or 'Date' field,

MANIFEST

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+CHANGELOG 
+COPYING 
+MANIFEST 
+README 
+TODO 
+archivemail
+setup.py
+test_archivemail.py

README

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+-----------------------------------------------------------
 archivemail - archive and compress old mail in your mailbox
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+INSTALLATION:
+
+To install archivemail, run:
+    python setup.py install
+
+
+USE:
 
 'archivemail' is a tool written in Python for organising and storing old
 email choking any of your mailboxes. It can move messages older than a

TODO

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-Goals for next minor release (0.2.2):
+Goals for next minor release (0.3.1):
 -------------------------------------
-* Finish man page
-* If a mailbox has a mode of 660, preserve it. 
-  (Especially in /var/spool/mail with groupid of 'mail')
+* Finish docbook sgml documentation & man page
 
-Goals for next major release (0.3.0):
+Goals for next major release (0.4.0):
 -------------------------------------
-* Build a testing framework using python module 'unittest'
 * Lock any original .gz files 
   - is this necessary?
 * Check for symlink attacks for tempfiles (although we don't use /var/tmp)
 
 Longer Term goals:
 ------------------
+* Use zlib instead of calling gzip directly
 * Add MMDF mailbox support
 * Add Babyl mailbox support
 * Add option to archive depending on mailbox size threshold 

setup.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+from distutils.core import setup
+
+# check version
+if sys.version_info[0] < 2:
+    print "Python versions below 2.0 not supported"
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+setup(name="archivemail",
+      version="0.3.0",
+      description="archivemail - archive and compress old email",
+      author="Paul Rodger",
+      author_email="paul@paulrodger.com",
+      url="http://archivemail.sourceforge.net/",
+      scripts=["archivemail"],
+      )

test_archivemail.py

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 """
 
+import sys
 import fcntl
 import filecmp
 import os
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 import time
 import unittest
 
+try:
     import archivemail
+except ImportError:
+    print "The archivemail script needs to be called 'archivemail.py'"
+    print "and should be in the current directory in order to be imported"
+    print "and tested. Sorry."
+    if os.path.isfile("archivemail"):
+        print "Try renaming it from 'archivemail' to 'archivemail.py'."
+    sys.exit(1)