kernel archives format

kernel archives format

[J . A . Magallon]

Hi,

A recent message that asked for the use-once patch and the answer ('look for in
on the archives') reminded me a comment I wanted to do.

Nowadays looking for a patch in almost all kernel archives is useless. You get
pages formatted in HTML, and even page source can give you any info. Just
a bunch of   and >, and without blanks nor any rest of the original
formatting of the patch.

The only archive I have found to get the correct info is the one pointed in
the vger 'list of lists':
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel

Any other 'useful' pointer ?

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Re: kernel archives format

[Daniel Phillips]

On Monday 30 July 2001 01:35, J . A . Magallon wrote:
> A recent message that asked for the use-once patch and the answer
> ('look for in on the archives') reminded me a comment I wanted to do.
>
> Nowadays looking for a patch in almost all kernel archives is
> useless. You get pages formatted in HTML, and even page source can
> give you any info. Just a bunch of   and >, and without
> blanks nor any rest of the original formatting of the patch.
>
> The only archive I have found to get the correct info is the one
> pointed in the vger 'list of lists':
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel

Yes, marc's "download raw" is a godsend.  Unfortunately, marc's search 
isn't very good, so I sometimes find myself searching one of the 
hypermail archives just to find the date/time/author then getting the 
raw download from marc.

It would be nice to see an official corporate sponsor step up to the 
plate to provide funding for a really definitive archive site.  Two 
features I'd like to see:

  - Google-quality archive search engine
  - Download multiple messages in mbox format for offline reading

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Daniel

Re: kernel archives format

[Ben Ford]

Daniel Phillips wrote:

>It would be nice to see an official corporate sponsor step up to the 
>plate to provide funding for a really definitive archive site.  Two 
>features I'd like to see:
>
>  - Google-quality archive search engine
>  
>
Alternatively, you can use Google itself.  Can somebody who's used the 
free SiteSearch let us know how often your site gets indexed?

http://www.google.com/services/free.html

-b

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