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
for each list. Seems that the time of each version-release is
a reasonable cut. most people will only need the more recent
ones.

The use of online search engine is slower than 'primitive'
vi -- not only because of the search engine itself but also
due to the web server and network.

Is there any commercial interest that conflict with this?

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 Consider the point, that these archives are possibly outdated when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
>
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