On Tue, 11 Sep 2018 09:49:35 +0200
KatolaZ <katolaz@???> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 10:10:04PM -0500, golinux@??? wrote:
> > On 2018-09-10 20:51, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > > On Sun, Sep 09, 2018 at 10:04:28AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> > > > I was going to use this email message as a reference in some
> > > > documentation I'm writing, but this email is not in the mail
> > > > archive, or at least I can't find it there. The archive seems
> > > > to contain no messaged from 8/8/2018 through 8/16/2008.
> > > >
> > > > SteveT
> > >
> > > Are the missing messages available on gmane using usenet
> > > protocols?
> > >
> > > -- hendrik
> > >
> >
> > It seems the same ones are missing here. I was unable to find the
> > mail announcing the fork on 2014-11-27. I assume it pulls from
> > mailman. But perhaps your search fu is better than mine:
> >
> > https://www.mail-archive.com/dng@lists.dyne.org/
> >
> > We need to find a mail list server and archiver that works.
> > Suggestions are welcome.
> >
>
> OK, let's put the drama down. The mail list server (mailman) works,
> and very well indeed. There is just a bug in lurker (the program that
> puts together the web archive), due to a hash collision on certain
> kinds of messages. If anybody with a bit of experience in C/C++ has
> time to dedicate to it, I can explain what needs to be done to fix it.

This is good news. The system is sound and what we have is basically an
instrumentation error.

As far as fixing Lurker, why not use a different archive machine? Even
when Lurker works, I find using its representation of email history
almost inscrutable. Every other Mailman-run mailing list has a nice,
easy archive, although they usually aren't searchable. But then again,
neither is Lurker.

LOL, a part of me wants to make a new archive representer (assuming the
messages are stored in maildir), but I just don't have the time.

SteveT

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