[Staffslug] Searchable archive -- was: Re: Laugh
On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 15:54 +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
The list was sblug and the thread was about some behaviour of
BBC's
iplayer. Unfortunately the list archive is private, so only list
members will be able to go back and look for themselves.
Ha, and this list too. I don't know about everyone else, but
often when I've Googled [1] for solutions to one of our
server problems I've found the result in a mailing list
archive - and fairly often a LUG archive.
Keeping the archive hidden - as in the case of both Staffs
and W----- (the un-named list refered to by the OP) means
shutting others out from the knowledge shared here. [2]
It's also a pain not being able to use Google to search
just the archive of this LUG, when on a machine without
a complete archive. [3]
So, how about opening the LUG archive, Dave? Would anyone
have any objections?
- Richard [4]
[1] Less evil search engines are available, but start that
one in another thread, please :-/
[2] Yes, even Staffslug occasionally throws up something
useful ;-P
[3] Yes, I could log in, download the mbox file, and grep it,
but this is hardly efficient is it?
[4] Morris Minor Convertible for sale:
http://www.goodgnus.org/mmconvertible4sale/
Okay not a footnote - call it a Google ad ;)