Re: [bug #65451] [PATCH] Remove redundant tests

[Alejandro Colomar]

Hi Dave,

On Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 12:29:05AM -0500, Dave Kemper wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 7:18 PM Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> wrote:
> > -  Does the mailing list have any way to follow threads without cutting
> >    them at month boundary?  glibc (and other GNU projects, like GCC)
> >    started using recently public-inbox, which has a nicer interface,
> >    IMO.  Maybe groff could also use it.
> 
> This isn't a function of the mailing list itself, but of the software
> that archives it.  (That is, if you're subscribed to the list, you can
> organize list emails however you like in your mailbox without
> arbitrary breaks at month boundaries.)
> 
> I agree the way the archival software works is less than ideal.  It's
> not limited to the groff lists: it affects the thousands of lists
> archived at http://lists.gnu.org/r/, which amounts to hundreds of
> thousands of URLs that already have month-year baked into them and
> would have to continue to work under any new archival process (since
> they're so often cited).

I was about to copy a link to the glibc public-inbox archives:
<https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/>
and I forgot.

They are compatible with the older ones, at:
<https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/>

> 
> This isn't something I care enough about to try to change.  But I'll
> second you in any lobbying effort you want to make. :)

Where do I need to do my lobbying?  :)

>  The archiver
> is run by GNU folks, and if other GNU lists have already switched to a
> better one, there seems a decent chance you could convince them to
> switch the groff lists.
> 
> > -  Does the bug tracker have a way to interact with it via mail?
> 
> It does not.  This was requested years ago
> (http://savannah.nongnu.org/support/index.php?106712) but the request
> was closed without explanation.  I posted a query there asking about
> this.  You could open a new request in the "Savannah trackers - bugs,
> tasks, etc." category.  My guess is they don't have the development
> bandwidth to take on such an extensive change.

Thanks!

Have a lovely day!
Alex

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