From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-1.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com [205.139.110.120]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B37963858D31 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 07:43:55 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org B37963858D31 Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-214-4Zj04qhPPYKjLEnu9wVdAQ-1; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 03:43:49 -0400 X-MC-Unique: 4Zj04qhPPYKjLEnu9wVdAQ-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx07.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48ACA18B9FD8 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 07:43:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from calimero.vinschen.de (ovpn-113-21.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.113.21]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1710410027A8 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 07:43:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 881F2A82708; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 09:43:46 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 09:43:46 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: overseers@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Where to report issues with the new mailing list software? Message-ID: <20200420074346.GQ3943@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: overseers@sourceware.org Mail-Followup-To: overseers@sourceware.org References: <5124-1587349884-115608@sneakemail.com> <20200420030449.GA3458@cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20200420030449.GA3458@cgf.cx> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.22 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Status: No, score=-13.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, GIT_PATCH_2, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: overseers@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Overseers mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 07:43:57 -0000 On Apr 19 23:04, Christopher Faylor via Overseers wrote: > On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 07:31:21PM -0700, qrasmfu8f4--- via Overseers wro= te: > >I've noticed several annoyances (maybe problems, but certainly > >regressions) with the new mailing list software. > > > > * The "by date", "by subject", and "by author" views of the archives > > seem to be stripping the "Re:" that is typically at the beginning of > > the subject of an email replace, which makes it more difficult to > > see which messages are replies in those views. > > * The :by date" view of the archives doesn't separate the messages by > > day any more, so you have to click on a bunch of messages to find > > the messages for a particular day of the month. > > * I don't see any link or page for searching the archives.=C3=82=C2=A0 = This is > > particularly important since https://cygwin.com/lists.html asks > > folks to search the archives before sending a message to the lists, > > and says "click on a mailing list name below to search the archive", > > but clicking on the mailing list name takes you to a page that > > doesn't appear to have any way to search. > > > >Would it be possible to change the configuration of the mailing list > >software to address these issues? >=20 > The archives use the standard mailman format. We don't plan on making > site-specific modifications to mailman since we want to employ to only > supported software, unlike the previous incarnation of > sourceware.org/gcc.gnu.org/cygwin.com. >=20 > This has been discussed many times since we switched to new hardware and > a newer OS release. In a perfect world we wouldn't have to keep > answering these types of questions. I guess we must need a FAQ. >=20 > We haven't implemented mailing list search yet and maybe not ever. >=20 > The easiest way I've found to search is to google: >=20 > site:sourceware.org https://www.mail-archive.com/ already indexes all cygwin mailing lists as well as the gcc mailing lists. Maybe we should utilize this service for the rest of the sourceware.org mailing lists as well and then just advertise this? Just an idea... Corinna