Archiving linux-block

Archiving linux-block

[Bart Van Assche]

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Re: Archiving linux-block

[Jens Axboe]

On 09/05/2017 08:19 AM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Since gmane.org is no longer operational linux-block messages are no longer
> archived. I think it's useful to archive linux-block messages because it
> makes it possible to review past discussions, especially for people who are
> not subscribed to the list. How about activating archival by mail-archive.com
> and spinics.net? As far as I know this can only be done by someone who is list
> administrator. But I don't know who the linux-block list administrator(s) are?

I always use marc.info:

https://marc.info/?l=linux-block

If we want to add it elsewhere, that's fine with me. I'm probably the admin,
I was the one that asked for the list to be created.

-- 
Jens Axboe

Re: Archiving linux-block

[Bart Van Assche]

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Re: Archiving linux-block

[Jens Axboe]

On 09/06/2017 07:13 AM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On Tue, 2017-09-05 at 08:33 -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On 09/05/2017 08:19 AM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
>>> Since gmane.org is no longer operational linux-block messages are no longer
>>> archived. I think it's useful to archive linux-block messages because it
>>> makes it possible to review past discussions, especially for people who are
>>> not subscribed to the list. How about activating archival by mail-archive.com
>>> and spinics.net? As far as I know this can only be done by someone who is list
>>> administrator. But I don't know who the linux-block list administrator(s) are?
>>
>> I always use marc.info:
>>
>> https://marc.info/?l=linux-block
>>
>> If we want to add it elsewhere, that's fine with me. I'm probably the admin,
>> I was the one that asked for the list to be created.
> 
> Thanks Jens for the feedback. What I tried yesterday morning was to look up a
> linux-block message by searching for its contents with a web search engine. That
> search did not yield any results. Does this mean that messages on marc.info are
> not indexed by Google? Is this a sufficient reason to let an additional web site
> archive the linux-block messages?

Definitely, it'd be nice to have it be searchable. That's half the utility of
an archive...

I'll see if I can get mail-archive.com setup.

-- 
Jens Axboe

Re: Archiving linux-block

[Jens Axboe]

On 09/06/2017 08:10 AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 09/06/2017 07:13 AM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
>> On Tue, 2017-09-05 at 08:33 -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>> On 09/05/2017 08:19 AM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
>>>> Since gmane.org is no longer operational linux-block messages are no longer
>>>> archived. I think it's useful to archive linux-block messages because it
>>>> makes it possible to review past discussions, especially for people who are
>>>> not subscribed to the list. How about activating archival by mail-archive.com
>>>> and spinics.net? As far as I know this can only be done by someone who is list
>>>> administrator. But I don't know who the linux-block list administrator(s) are?
>>>
>>> I always use marc.info:
>>>
>>> https://marc.info/?l=linux-block
>>>
>>> If we want to add it elsewhere, that's fine with me. I'm probably the admin,
>>> I was the one that asked for the list to be created.
>>
>> Thanks Jens for the feedback. What I tried yesterday morning was to look up a
>> linux-block message by searching for its contents with a web search engine. That
>> search did not yield any results. Does this mean that messages on marc.info are
>> not indexed by Google? Is this a sufficient reason to let an additional web site
>> archive the linux-block messages?
> 
> Definitely, it'd be nice to have it be searchable. That's half the utility of
> an archive...
> 
> I'll see if I can get mail-archive.com setup.

spinics already has it, fwiw:

https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-block/


-- 
Jens Axboe