* Rotating mailing list archives
@ 2021-01-14 14:10 Rainer Orth
2021-01-14 21:38 ` Christopher Faylor
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From: Rainer Orth @ 2021-01-14 14:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: overseers
I just noticed that the archive of the gcc-testresults list (and, I
assume many/all others) hasn't been rotated at the beginning of 2021:
there's still one common gcc-testresults.mbox file containing all
messages since the migration in early 2020. The sheer size of the file
(3.0 GB) makes it increasingly unwieldly to handle; it would be good if
the archives could be rotated, perhaps in a way that one won't have to
resync the complete archive at the beginning of 2022 when
gcc-testresults.mbox is renamed to gcc-testresults-2021.mbox ;-)
Thanks.
Rainer
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* Re: Rotating mailing list archives
2021-01-14 14:10 Rotating mailing list archives Rainer Orth
@ 2021-01-14 21:38 ` Christopher Faylor
2021-01-14 21:58 ` Rainer Orth
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From: Christopher Faylor @ 2021-01-14 21:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rainer Orth; +Cc: overseers
On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 03:10:08PM +0100, Rainer Orth wrote:
>I just noticed that the archive of the gcc-testresults list (and, I
>assume many/all others) hasn't been rotated at the beginning of 2021:
>there's still one common gcc-testresults.mbox file containing all
>messages since the migration in early 2020. The sheer size of the file
>(3.0 GB) makes it increasingly unwieldly to handle; it would be good if
>the archives could be rotated, perhaps in a way that one won't have to
>resync the complete archive at the beginning of 2022 when
>gcc-testresults.mbox is renamed to gcc-testresults-2021.mbox ;-)
AFAIK, mailing lists aren't rotated automatically. Any old date-based
mboxes that you see come from the old ezmlm mailling list software.
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* Re: Rotating mailing list archives
2021-01-14 21:38 ` Christopher Faylor
@ 2021-01-14 21:58 ` Rainer Orth
2021-01-15 21:48 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Rainer Orth @ 2021-01-14 21:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: overseers
Hi Christopher,
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 03:10:08PM +0100, Rainer Orth wrote:
>>I just noticed that the archive of the gcc-testresults list (and, I
>>assume many/all others) hasn't been rotated at the beginning of 2021:
>>there's still one common gcc-testresults.mbox file containing all
>>messages since the migration in early 2020. The sheer size of the file
>>(3.0 GB) makes it increasingly unwieldly to handle; it would be good if
>>the archives could be rotated, perhaps in a way that one won't have to
>>resync the complete archive at the beginning of 2022 when
>>gcc-testresults.mbox is renamed to gcc-testresults-2021.mbox ;-)
>
> AFAIK, mailing lists aren't rotated automatically. Any old date-based
> mboxes that you see come from the old ezmlm mailling list software.
I see. However, could it be done? As I said, the current archive size
is becoming unpleasant to handle.
Thanks.
Rainer
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* Re: Rotating mailing list archives
2021-01-14 21:58 ` Rainer Orth
@ 2021-01-15 21:48 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
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From: Frank Ch. Eigler @ 2021-01-15 21:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Overseers mailing list; +Cc: Rainer Orth
Hi -
> I see. However, could it be done? As I said, the current archive size
> is becoming unpleasant to handle.
Yeah, I just renamed the current .mbox under a new name, and that worked.
We should probably install a cron job to rotate these .mbox files yearly.
- FChE
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