Re: mailing list archiver chewing patches - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Matteo Beccati
Subject Re: mailing list archiver chewing patches
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Msg-id 4B549BCB.1000103@beccati.com
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In response to Re: mailing list archiver chewing patches  (Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine@hi-media.com>)
Responses Re: mailing list archiver chewing patches  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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Il 18/01/2010 16:19, Dimitri Fontaine ha scritto:
> Magnus Hagander<magnus@hagander.net>  writes:
>> Also, I tink one of the main issues with the archives today that
>> people bring up is the inability to have threads cross months. I think
>> that should be fixed. Basically, get rid of the grouping by month for
>> a more dynamic way to browse.
>
> Clic a mail in a thread within more than one given month. See the Thread
> index for this email. It's complete, for both the month. Example here:
>
>    http://archives.beccati.org/pgsql-hackers-history/message/191438.html
>    http://archives.beccati.org/pgsql-hackers-history/message/191334.html

Thanks Dimitri, you beat me to it ;)


> That said, the month boundary is artificial, so maybe having a X
> messages per page instead would be better?

Not sure. Having date based pages helps out reducing the set of messages 
that need to be scanned and sorted, increasing the likeliness of an 
index scan. But I'm happy to examine other alternatives too.


Cheers
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Matteo Beccati

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