Re: OT? Why are list archive search results so lame?
Re: OT? Why are list archive search results so lame?
- Subject: Re: OT? Why are list archive search results so lame?
- From: Ilan Volow <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 14:39:04 -0400
On Apr 30, 2004, at 2:37 PM, Allan Odgaard wrote:
On 30. Apr 2004, at 17:16, Marco Scheurer wrote:
There's http://cocoa.mamasam.com/ , but it has not been updated for
the last 2 months...
There was a service, something like mail-archive.org or similar, where
one could subscribe a mailing list to, and then they'd archive the
letters and allow us to search them. I can't recall the correct URL,
and I'd hope that mamasam gets functional again, and it anyway seems
to go against the policy of lists.apple.com to archive the lists
without permission from Apple -- but it's an option if the situation
doesn't improve...
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I might as well mention this now.
One project I've started on in the last several days is a python
program that downloads the entire cocoa-dev archives and that will
allow you to search your own private copy of the archives (I thought
I'd use PyObjC for the UI), and would let you do things like search and
browse messages by Cocoa classes mentioned and let you bring up the
program from XCode (sort of like the double-click option/command
documentation thing).
Right now, I'm still working on the download part, so the
implementation of the search part is still wide open. I'm not really
very well informed on search technology besides grep, so if anyone
wants to help me with this project (e.g. create a python module for
SearchKit, advice on how to structure the thing, etc), your help would
be greatly appreciated.
I've read through the rules and regulations on the Apple lists site. As
far as I can tell, something like this is permitted as long as the
archive you build is for private use. If it isn't, I hope the Apple
maintainers on the list tell me now so I don't get into any trouble.
--
Ilan Volow
Ergonomica Auctorita Illico!
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