mm_cfg.py syntax error is handled ungracefully

The issue in this specific case was scripts/driver only caught ImportError on a try: of importing mm_cfg and the exception here is SyntaxError. I have changed it to catch any exception and also indicate the traceback could be in the web server logs.

Mark, thanks very much for working on this.

   Thanks

   Bruce

On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 9:43 AM, Mark Sapiro <email address hidden> wrote:

> ** Changed in: mailman
> Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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> Title:
> mm_cfg.py syntax error is handled ungracefully
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> Status in GNU Mailman:
> Fix Released
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> Bug description:
> The user left a trailing quote out in mm_cfg.py . Mailman's response
> was to fail with the message "Mailman experienced a very low level
> failure". Perhaps "low-level failure" was Mailman's opinion of the
> user :-) One would hope that we could catch an exception from Python
> and give the user a bit more help. Thanks! - Bruce
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