Re: mailing list archiver chewing patches

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Matteo Beccati <php(at)beccati(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Tim Bunce <Tim(dot)Bunce(at)pobox(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: mailing list archiver chewing patches
Date: 2010-01-11 14:20:19
Message-ID: 4B4B33A3.9000402@dunslane.net
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Magnus Hagander wrote:
>
> No, the current archiver is a set of MBOX files that are processed
> incrementally by mhonarc.
>
> (yes, this is why it doesn't scale)
>
> *search* is in a postgresql database, but it doesn't contain the
> entire messages - doesn't have attachments for examples - only the
> parts it has web-scraped off the the current archives.
>

Fixing this mess and giving us decent archives with guaranteed
downloadable patches and good search would be a nice job for someone who
wants to contribute without having to cut or review core code.

cheers

andrew

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