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Re: Discourse
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Discourse |
Date: |
Sun, 26 Feb 2023 13:45:29 +0100 |
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Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org> writes:
> Andrew,
>
>
> thanks for your long reponse. I have to correct two of your
> statements:
>
>> But (contrary to a false statement I made about import into
>> Discourse) you can't import mailbox format lists into Discourse
>> simply, because, for example, the creation of users from 25 years
>> ago who most probably no longer have the same email addresses is
>> very problematic for various reasons.
>
> It's really a pity that such a conversion is not supported, since it
> would be extremely helpful in the long run. However, e-mail addresses
> shouldn't be exposed in the web interface (the already existing e-mail
> list archive doesn't do that either). The construction of threads
> rather relies on the 'In-Reply-To:' and 'References:' fields, AFAIK.
All months in the archive are downloadable in mbox format, of course
containing all the Email addresses. I don't think this would escape the
notice of scraping tools though there may be some limits braking bulk
downloads.
>> Maybe the history of bugs from ten versions ago is not that
>> important to have instantly online.
>
> It's not the 'history of bugs' that counts – we have a bug tracker for
> that. It's rather the collected wisdom of tips and tricks, mainly
> related to Scheme wizardry, that is so important to look up for both
> users and developers.
The indexing is lacklustre, to say the least. Nevertheless, I am
occasionally surprised by people being able to find past utterings of
mine to rub my nose in.
--
David Kastrup
- Re: Discourse, (continued)
- Re: Discourse, Andrew Bernard, 2023/02/25
- Re: Discourse, Werner LEMBERG, 2023/02/26
- Re: Discourse, Andrew Bernard, 2023/02/26
- Re: Discourse, Jean Abou Samra, 2023/02/26
- Re: Discourse, Jean Abou Samra, 2023/02/26
- Re: Discourse, David Santamauro, 2023/02/26
- Re: Discourse, Jean Abou Samra, 2023/02/26
- Re: Discourse, Werner LEMBERG, 2023/02/26
- Re: Discourse, Jean Abou Samra, 2023/02/26
- Re: Discourse, Jean Abou Samra, 2023/02/26
- Re: Discourse,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Discourse, Andrew Bernard, 2023/02/27
- Re: Discourse, Knute Snortum, 2023/02/27
- Re: Discourse, Wols Lists, 2023/02/28
- Re: Discourse, Wol, 2023/02/26
- Re: Policy for posts from non-members, Lukas-Fabian Moser, 2023/02/22
Re: Policy for posts from non-members, Jean Abou Samra, 2023/02/22