Re: Remove email search

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004, Josh Berkus wrote:

> Folks,
>
> > Well, they have the whole groups.google/dejanews code doing all of that.
> > Unfortunately we have somewhat more limited resources as you know. Also,
> > bear in mind that our search engine covers a whole bunch of extra sites
> > including the Gborg list archives which you won't find on google groups.
>
> Hmmm.  How often is www.pgsql.ru being updated?  It's the "best" search
> engine, it was just getting somewhat out of date.

We try to keep a week delay for www.pgsql.ru/db/pgsearch, but
fresh postings are *immediately* available from mailing list archive
www.pgsql.ru/db/mw/.

>
> > I'm inclined to agree. Whilst I can't fault Marc's generosity on that
> > front, it would be nice to be less dependant (and less of a liability to
> > his business :-) ). On the other hand, as Marc just pointed out, perhaps
> > the cash is best spent on advocacy and promotion.
>
> Actually, it would be *much* easier to fundraise for servers than for
> convention stuff.   It's one of those nice, concrete things to raise money
> for.
>
>

    Regards,
        Oleg
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