Re: Status of GNU Classpath

Hi Mark,

El mar, 7 feb 2023 a las 11:47, Mark Wielaard (<[email protected]>) escribi=C3=
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>
> Hi Guillermo,
>
> On Mon, 2023-02-06 at 13:55 +0100, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote:
> > Summary: It does not seem to be possible to join the mailing list
> > anymore. Additionally, emails sent to the list are not being delivered
> > to subscribers, nor included in the archives (see details in the email
> > below).
>
> Urgh. Sorry. I did see your earlier email, but then Fosdem happened and
> I forgot. So at one point classpath got so much email that
> lists.gnu.org couldn't handle it in time. So we arranged to handle all
> emails on developer.classpath.org. But at some point that machine had
> to be migrated and the mailinglist archives haven't been put back.
> There are backups and I'll contact the fsf-tech team to see if they can
> incorporate those archives and handle the mailinglist directly again.

Thank you. There are a number of issues actually. I'll summarize here
in case you want to forward this to the relevant team:

1. Archives are not up to date, e-mails sent after March 2010 do not
show up in the archives (although they are visible in other,
non-official archives). See:
    * Official archive: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/classpath/
    * Non-official archives:
https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html ,
https://www.spinics.net/lists/gnu-classpath/
2. It is not possible to subscribe to the mailing list anymore
("subscribe" button has no associated action, does not submit the
form). See:
    * https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
3. (I believe) emails sent to the mailing list are not delivered to
current subscribers

A functioning mailing list is important as otherwise it is difficult
to discuss anything in the open.

Eventually I think it would be good to discuss what is the current
status and future of GNU Classpath, and what can be done to help it
move forward -- assuming there is enough interest.

Thanks,

Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia
[email protected]