From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (smtp.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE [129.70.160.84]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A3343850409 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 21:58:54 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 2A3343850409 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2584D841A for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 22:58:53 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE Received: from smtp.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 4UNDFr20y67n for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 22:58:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (p508558a3.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [80.133.88.163]) by smtp.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CC7248419 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 22:58:51 +0100 (CET) From: Rainer Orth To: overseers@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Rotating mailing list archives References: <20210114213820.GA31534@cgf.cx> Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 22:58:51 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20210114213820.GA31534@cgf.cx> (Christopher Faylor's message of "Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:38:20 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1.90 (usg-unix-v) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3789.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, 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: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 21:58:55 -0000 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 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University