Re: mail-archives disappear on ftp mirror sites
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:27:28AM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:35:22AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On May 15 11:23, andre wrote: About mail-archives directory and mbox contents on ftp servers. This directory has disappeared from ftp mirror sites since end of 2007. I check that on many mirror sites - but not on all. I think I am true. Containing mbox formatted about principal mailing list, could we found them elsewhere ? You should ask the system maintainers on the overseers AT sourceware DOT org list. Good advice but the answer will be no. cgf This is very regrettable. I miss these mail-archive files pretty much, because they were an excelent source of knowledge about cygwin and help. With these files and the grep utility I have almost always found solutions for my problems or at least useful references... I think many cygwin users would agree with this. No one to have a heart ;- to keep on maintaining these valuable mail-archive files? Sven -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: mail-archives disappear on ftp mirror sites
Sven Severus wrote: This is very regrettable. I miss these mail-archive files pretty much, because they were an excelent source of knowledge about cygwin and help. With these files and the grep utility I have almost always found solutions for my problems or at least useful references... I think many cygwin users would agree with this. You don't need the raw archives for that. Google site:cygwin.com inurl:ml inurl:cygwin search-term-here works wonderfully and doesn't require downloading many megabytes of junk. You can even add inurl:2007 to limit by year. Also, there's the mhonarc search tool on the site, as well as gmane and nabble. Gmane even has a download function for retrieving archives if you really must have them. You're making this out as a problem that simply does not exist. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: mail-archives disappear on ftp mirror sites
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 05:29:52PM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote: Sven Severus wrote: This is very regrettable. I miss these mail-archive files pretty much, because they were an excelent source of knowledge about cygwin and help. With these files and the grep utility I have almost always found solutions for my problems or at least useful references... I think many cygwin users would agree with this. You don't need the raw archives for that. Google site:cygwin.com inurl:ml inurl:cygwin search-term-here works wonderfully and doesn't require downloading many megabytes of junk. You can even add inurl:2007 to limit by year. Also, there's the mhonarc search tool on the site, as well as gmane and nabble. Gmane even has a download function for retrieving archives if you really must have them. You're making this out as a problem that simply does not exist. True. There is also the fact that the archives were being downloaded by spammers and that they took up an ever-increasing amount of disk space. Since they basically just duplicate information that is easily retrievable elsewhere, there really didn't seem to be any reason to keep them around. And, since it took the OP many months to notice that they were no longer available, it seems like there really can't be that big a demand for them. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
mail-archives disappear on ftp mirror sites
About mail-archives directory and mbox contents on ftp servers. This directory has disappeared from ftp mirror sites since end of 2007. I check that on many mirror sites - but not on all. I think I am true. Containing mbox formatted about principal mailing list, could we found them elsewhere ? Thanks -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: mail-archives disappear on ftp mirror sites
On May 15 11:23, andre wrote: About mail-archives directory and mbox contents on ftp servers. This directory has disappeared from ftp mirror sites since end of 2007. I check that on many mirror sites - but not on all. I think I am true. Containing mbox formatted about principal mailing list, could we found them elsewhere ? You should ask the system maintainers on the overseers AT sourceware DOT org list. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: mail-archives disappear on ftp mirror sites
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:35:22AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On May 15 11:23, andre wrote: About mail-archives directory and mbox contents on ftp servers. This directory has disappeared from ftp mirror sites since end of 2007. I check that on many mirror sites - but not on all. I think I am true. Containing mbox formatted about principal mailing list, could we found them elsewhere ? You should ask the system maintainers on the overseers AT sourceware DOT org list. Good advice but the answer will be no. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
