From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ds.inri.net ([107.191.103.21]) by ur; Fri Jun 3 14:23:04 EDT 2016 Received: from [10.183.22.90] ([166.170.221.198]) by ds; Fri Jun 3 14:23:03 EDT 2016 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: State of the 9front mailing list archives From: stanley lieber Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2016 14:23:01 -0400 To: 9front@9front.org Message-ID: List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: stateless structured WEB2.0 plugin package scripting database I skimmed IRC backlog this morning and noticed people complaining again abo= ut the cumbersome 9P interface and lack of web access to the mailing list a= rchives=2E The following are some notes about the future of the archive: - A ctl file offering search functionality has been exposed through the 9P= share (9fs 9front; ls /n/lists) for some time=2E Presently, the automatic = indexing that powers the search feature is broken=2E Once that is fixed and= tested a command for searching the archive will be published, most likely = by being added to 9front=2E - A werc app was written to present a web interface to the existing archiv= e (sans search)=2E It works pretty well but tanks performance of the system= under normal (webcrawler) load=2E It is currently disabled pending review= =2E - There was some discussion on IRC about how the messages are stored, and = someone offered to have the archive added to gmane=2E If would be very happ= y to facilitate this if the interested parties would send me an e-mail so w= e can begin the process=2E For future reference, messages are stored on dis= k in nupas' mdir format, one file per mesage=2E It is trivial to convert th= ese files between mdir and mbox, or basically any other format=2E Ironically, while I was not around to correct misconceptions during this l= atest iteration of the discussion on IRC, I'm pretty sure I've explained al= l of the above to these people at least once, on IRC=2E Obviously, some oth= er venue for exchanging information and storing it in a persistent, searcha= ble format is required=2E Gmane seems like a great interim solution=2E sl