Re: Status of GNU Classpath

From: Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia <guille.rodriguez@gmail.com>
To: Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
Cc: "classpath@gnu.org" <classpath@gnu.org>,
	"Andrew Hughes" <gnu.andrew@redhat.com>,
	Andïï <gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org>,
	Andïï <gnu.andrew.rocks@gmail.com>,
	"Andrew Haley" <aph@redhat.com>,
	java@gcc.gnu.org, "Mario Torre" <neugens@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Status of GNU Classpath
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 12:06:49 +0200	[thread overview]
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Hi Mark,

Were you able to have a look at this?

Current status seems to be the same as in February.

Thank you,

Guillermo

El mar, 7 feb 2023 a las 14:00, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia (<
guille.rodriguez@gmail.com>) escribió:

> Hi Mark,
>
> El mar, 7 feb 2023 a las 11:47, Mark Wielaard (<mark@klomp.org>) escribió:
> >
> > Hi Guillermo,
> >
> > On Mon, 2023-02-06 at 13:55 +0100, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote:
> > > Summary: It does not seem to be possible to join the mailing list
> > > anymore. Additionally, emails sent to the list are not being delivered
> > > to subscribers, nor included in the archives (see details in the email
> > > below).
> >
> > Urgh. Sorry. I did see your earlier email, but then Fosdem happened and
> > I forgot. So at one point classpath got so much email that
> > lists.gnu.org couldn't handle it in time. So we arranged to handle all
> > emails on developer.classpath.org. But at some point that machine had
> > to be migrated and the mailinglist archives haven't been put back.
> > There are backups and I'll contact the fsf-tech team to see if they can
> > incorporate those archives and handle the mailinglist directly again.
>
> Thank you. There are a number of issues actually. I'll summarize here
> in case you want to forward this to the relevant team:
>
> 1. Archives are not up to date, e-mails sent after March 2010 do not
> show up in the archives (although they are visible in other,
> non-official archives). See:
>     * Official archive: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/classpath/
>     * Non-official archives:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/classpath@gnu.org/maillist.html ,
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/gnu-classpath/
> 2. It is not possible to subscribe to the mailing list anymore
> ("subscribe" button has no associated action, does not submit the
> form). See:
>     * https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
> 3. (I believe) emails sent to the mailing list are not delivered to
> current subscribers
>
> A functioning mailing list is important as otherwise it is difficult
> to discuss anything in the open.
>
> Eventually I think it would be good to discuss what is the current
> status and future of GNU Classpath, and what can be done to help it
> move forward -- assuming there is enough interest.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia
> guille.rodriguez@gmail.com
>

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Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia
guille.rodriguez@gmail.com