Archive search

[Alex Janssen]

sktsee said the following on 02/16/2008 06:22 PM:
> On Sat, 2008-02-16 at 16:26 -0400, Derek Broughton wrote: 
>   
>> sktsee wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> On Sat, 2008-02-16 at 13:03 -0500, Alex Janssen wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Where can I search the archives of this list?
>>>> I don't see how at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Do either a site search with google, i.e.
>>> site:https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/ <searchterms>. Or
>>> you can go to a site that archives lists and use their search function
>>> like gmane.org: http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user or
>>> nabble.com
>>>       
>> I haven't checked that Nabble actually has these lists, but if it does, it
>> has the better (imo) search interface.  gmane certainly does have them.
>> -- 
>> derek
>>
>>
>>     
> Agreed about Nabble's search. Though it does have a drawback in that it
> doesn't contain the complete archive of the list. It's  missing the
> first 12 months or so since the list began in mid Sept. of 2004. Gmane
> OTOH, is only missing the first two days since the beginning.
>
> I would have like to have recommended marc.info (Mailing-list ARChive)
> for its no-frills UI, but unfortunately it doesn't carry any Ubuntu
> lists :/
>
>   
What would be involved to add search functionality to lists.ubuntu.com?
Maybe some ambitious, knowledgeable person might do it sometime.
Nabble seems to work for my purposes, for now.

Thanks for your suggestions.
Alex

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