Re: [Debian-sf-users] debian-sf, alioth: Migrating mailing lists

[Agustin Martin Domingo]

> > * Is possible to feed those messages to the project new list at
> > alioth (debian-sf) so new messages are added on the top of the
> > previous ones?
>
>
> It might be possible, but I don't know Mailman well enough to be
> definite.  If you know it can be done (and how :-), we'll be happy to
> do it.

Forget my previous mail. I finally had a linux box available last night 
and could see mailman documentation. I think I found in the FAQ how to 
do that (Is dedicated to modifying a mailman archive file, but should 
work for importing a new archive file). In debian-sf $prefix stands for 
/var/lib/mailman, and mailman archives are stored as mbox files:

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Q. I want to get rid of some messages in my archive.  How do I do
   this?

A. David Rocher posts the following recipe:

   * remove $prefix/archives/private/<listname>
   * edit $prefix/archives/private/<listname>.mbox/<listname>.mbox 
[optional]
   * run $prefix/bin/arch <listname>
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Just copying the new archive file in the second step instead of editing 
the old one should work.

> > * Can the contents of the old mailing list at sf be extracted, so we
> > are sure no messages are lost?
>
>
>   I don't know.  Ask the people at SF.

sf does not use the same location that debian-sf for the mailman 
archives, so I will ask them or use the mbox Rafael Labiossiere has. 
Will let you know when things are ready.

Cheers,


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