Re: mailing list archiver chewing patches - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: mailing list archiver chewing patches
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Msg-id 4B4B33A3.9000402@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: mailing list archiver chewing patches  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.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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