Hi Dave, On Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 12:29:05AM -0500, Dave Kemper wrote: > On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 7:18 PM Alejandro Colomar <a...@kernel.org> wrote: > > - Does the mailing list have any way to follow threads without cutting > > them at month boundary? glibc (and other GNU projects, like GCC) > > started using recently public-inbox, which has a nicer interface, > > IMO. Maybe groff could also use it. > > This isn't a function of the mailing list itself, but of the software > that archives it. (That is, if you're subscribed to the list, you can > organize list emails however you like in your mailbox without > arbitrary breaks at month boundaries.) > > I agree the way the archival software works is less than ideal. It's > not limited to the groff lists: it affects the thousands of lists > archived at http://lists.gnu.org/r/, which amounts to hundreds of > thousands of URLs that already have month-year baked into them and > would have to continue to work under any new archival process (since > they're so often cited).
I was about to copy a link to the glibc public-inbox archives: <https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/> and I forgot. They are compatible with the older ones, at: <https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/> > > This isn't something I care enough about to try to change. But I'll > second you in any lobbying effort you want to make. :) Where do I need to do my lobbying? :) > The archiver > is run by GNU folks, and if other GNU lists have already switched to a > better one, there seems a decent chance you could convince them to > switch the groff lists. > > > - Does the bug tracker have a way to interact with it via mail? > > It does not. This was requested years ago > (http://savannah.nongnu.org/support/index.php?106712) but the request > was closed without explanation. I posted a query there asking about > this. You could open a new request in the "Savannah trackers - bugs, > tasks, etc." category. My guess is they don't have the development > bandwidth to take on such an extensive change. Thanks! Have a lovely day! Alex -- <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
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