Re: [GENERAL] Mailing Lists

> I said this before, hope not too annoying.
> Is it possible to make the mailing lists downloadable text
> files? of course, they need to be splited into several files

i could do this, with just the plain text files, not the html/
mhonarc stuff. i have no issues with this.

> a reasonable cut. most people will only need the more recent
> ones.

negative, we want all or nothing. past archives are very useful.
that's why their archived :)

> Is there any commercial interest that conflict with this?

none at all, i'm open to any and all suggestions.

>
>
>
> On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Jeff MacDonald wrote:
>
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > I'm working on the CD image for PostgreSQL again. It's now at
> > quite a healty size of 664 megs, and grows daily as the mailing
> > list archives grow.
> >
> > The lists are taking up >50% of the cd. I'm curious about people's
> > opinions. The archives are a valuable resource. But out of those
> > who have ever bought a cd, or those that would,
> >
> > Would you use the archives off the cd ?
> >
> > Consider the point, that these archives are possibly outdated when
> > you receive the cd, and that the Live archives on www.postgresql.org
> > are searchable.
> >
> > Depending on the consensus, we will either remove the archives from
> > the cd distro all together, or find an alternate method of storing
> > them on it.
> >
> > I'm also taking any suggestions to make the archives on the cd searchable.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Jeff MacDonald
> > jeff(at)hub(dot)org
> >
> > ===================================================================
> > So long as the Universe had a beginning, we can suppose it had a
> > creator, but if the Universe is completly self contained , having
> > no boundry or edge, it would neither be created nor destroyed
> > It would simply be.
> > ===================================================================
> >
> >
> >
> > ************
> >
>

Jeff MacDonald
jeff(at)hub(dot)org

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So long as the Universe had a beginning, we can suppose it had a
creator, but if the Universe is completly self contained , having
no boundry or edge, it would neither be created nor destroyed
It would simply be.
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