Re: Archives and Web Site

["Ian Bicking" <bickiia@earlham.edu>]

> Speaking of archives, They are like black holes. What falls in is
> not likely to be seen again. 

Yes, mailing lists are more ephemeral than you might otherwise 
think.

Something which I've found quite interesting/convenient, is the 
Kernel Cousins <http://www.kt.opensrc.org/KC> -- these are just 
mailing list summaries based on the Kernel Traffic mailing list 
summaries.

There's only two of these now -- one for gimp-devel, and one for 
debian-hurd.  But the idea is good, I think -- to pull the meat out of 
a discussion and leave some of the more timely technical 
discussion aside.

Of course, doing these summaries takes quite a bit of work.  
Human intervention is the only good way to really consolidate 
information.

I don't know if anyone's up to the job, but it's a thought.



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Ian Bicking <bickiia@earlham.edu>