Ensuring integrity & searchability of ML archives (was Re: [REQUEST] XML Graphics setup) (Modified by Clay Leeds)

NOTE1: This is a repost sent To:[email protected] and 
Cc:[email protected]. With the exception of NOTE1: it is otherwise 
unchanged from my post to fop-dev & batik-dev.

Clay

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NOTE: This was sent to fop-dev & batik-dev as I have a question about 
the mailing lists I'd like to clarify before we 'ask' infrustructure@.

On Oct 31, 2004, at 1:28 AM, Jeremias Maerki wrote:
> Dear infrastructure people,
>
> the board has recently accepted the proposal for creation of the XML
> Graphics project (which is comprised of the XML projects Batik and 
> FOP).
> To aid in the process, would infrastructure please do the following:
>
> #=======================================
> [0] Subdomain and unix group
>
> The name of the new subdomain and unix group is "xmlgraphics".
>
> #=======================================
> [1] Mailing List
>
> (i) addresses
>
>   I.   [email protected]
>   II.  [email protected]
>   III. [email protected] (private mailing list)
>
>
> (ia) renames and aliases
>
>   I.   [email protected] to [email protected]
>   I.   [email protected] to [email protected]
>   II.  [email protected] to 
> [email protected]
>   I.   [email protected] to [email protected]
>   I.   [email protected] to [email protected]
>   II.  [email protected] to [email protected]
>
> Please create aliases so the old adresses continue to work!

When the Apache Forrest project changed to a new domain, they also 
changed from [email protected] to [email protected] & [email protected]. 
Unfortunately, with this change comes (IMHO) a significant problem for 
browsers of the archives: forrest-dev@ mail is a completely separate 
mailing list (with a separate interface). The problem is that 
forrest-dev was used for *all* dev *&* user mailing list traffic, so a 
search in the 'current' mailing lists' archives does not include 
content in forrest-dev (that's a separate search).

For example, with the change to [email protected], I'd 
like to make certain (if possible or logical) that we don't end up with 
a similar problem.

I'm not certain what the 'solution' looks like (or even if it's a real 
problem!), but I thought we should chat. If it is a problem, we may 
need to set up <mailing-list>@xmlgraphics.apache.org as an alias to 
<mailing-list>@xml.apache.org. IOW, the mailing lists do *not* change 
and we add aliases for @xmlgraphics.a.o.

Is this something we should worry about? IMO, the ability to search 
relevant archives using one search is more important than having a 
'real' address vs. an alias. We still would want to have all headers 
(e.g., Reply-To:) and trailers set to <mailing-list>@xmlgraphics.a.o

Thoughts?

Web Maestro Clay
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