> The search system has not responded tonight while I was searching > for a solution to this problem.
"has not reponded" is a very vague description. Can you give a better one please? > another question(s): what good is an extensive mailing list archive if the > search system does not work? Also, why do the debian archives seem > to have so much trouble? is it growing pains or otherwise? The problem is that www.debian.org (== ftp.debian.org) is on a separate system from master.debian.org, the developers machine. www.debian.org is hosted at Central Michigan University, on a machine that - due to lack of drivers for Linux or *BSD - runs Solaris. It is maintained remotely across the atlanic by yours truely. The connection is sometimes painfully slow, and I also also have an MSc thesis to produce. In case of problems with the WWW server, I appreciate it if they are reported to me directly. Greetings, Ray