On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 10:24 +0530, Dave Page wrote: > 2010/1/12 Matteo Beccati <p...@beccati.com>: > > So, I've decided to spend a bit more time on this and here is a proof of > > concept web app that displays mailing list archives reading from the AOX > > database: > > > > http://archives.beccati.org/ > > Seems to work. > > > Please take it as an exercise I've made trying to learn how to use symfony > > this afternoon. It's not feature complete, nor probably very scalable, but > > at least it features attachment download ;) > > > > http://archives.beccati.org/pgsql-hackers/message/37 > > :-) > > So just to put this into perspective and give anyone paying attention > an idea of the pain that lies ahead should they decide to work on > this: > > - We need to import the old archives (of which there are hundreds of > thousands of messages, the first few years of which have, umm, minimal > headers. > - We need to generate thread indexes > - We need to re-generate the original URLs for backwards compatibility > > Now there's encouragement :-)
Or, we just leave the current infrastructure in place and use a new one for all new messages going forward. We shouldn't limit our ability to have a decent system due to decisions of the past. Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 503.667.4564 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering Respect is earned, not gained through arbitrary and repetitive use or Mr. or Sir. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
