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diff -ruN mailman-2.1.12-a/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py mailman-2.1.12-b/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py
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--- mailman-2.1.12-a/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py	2009-02-23 22:23:35.000000000 +0100
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+++ mailman-2.1.12-b/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py	2009-07-28 12:19:53.000000000 +0200
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@@ -45,24 +45,27 @@
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 def fixAuthor(author):
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     "Canonicalize a name into Last, First format"
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-    # If there's a comma, guess that it's already in "Last, First" format
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-    if ',' in author:
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+    try:
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+        # If there's a comma, guess that it's already in "Last, First" format
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+        if ',' in author:
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+            return author
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+        L = author.split()
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+        i = len(L) - 1
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+        if i == 0:
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+            return author # The string's one word--forget it
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+        if author.upper() == author or author.lower() == author:
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+            # Damn, the name is all upper- or lower-case.
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+            while i > 0 and L[i-1].lower() in smallNameParts:
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+                i = i - 1
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+        else:
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+            # Mixed case; assume that small parts of the last name will be
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+            # in lowercase, and check them against the list.
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+            while i>0 and (L[i-1][0] in lowercase or
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+                           L[i-1].lower() in smallNameParts):
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+                i = i - 1
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+        author = SPACE.join(L[-1:] + L[i:-1]) + ', ' + SPACE.join(L[:i])
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+    except UnicodeDecodeError:
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         return author
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-    L = author.split()
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-    i = len(L) - 1
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-    if i == 0:
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-        return author # The string's one word--forget it
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-    if author.upper() == author or author.lower() == author:
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-        # Damn, the name is all upper- or lower-case.
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-        while i > 0 and L[i-1].lower() in smallNameParts:
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-            i = i - 1
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-    else:
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-        # Mixed case; assume that small parts of the last name will be
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-        # in lowercase, and check them against the list.
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-        while i>0 and (L[i-1][0] in lowercase or
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-                       L[i-1].lower() in smallNameParts):
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-            i = i - 1
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-    author = SPACE.join(L[-1:] + L[i:-1]) + ', ' + SPACE.join(L[:i])
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     return author
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 # Abstract class for databases