[Gllug] Publicly available archives

Nix nix at esperi.demon.co.uk
Thu Oct 24 23:42:06 UTC 2002


On 24 Oct 2002, Mark Lowes uttered the following:
> <subscriber hat on>I would object to the closing of the archives, it
> serves no purpose, nothing discussed on this list is confidential
> material (or if it is, that's your problem).  The archives add to the
> existing body of information available to anyone who wishes to use Linux
> and this is all to the good, and if it saves one person asking a FAQ
> that's an added bonus.</a>

I'd object too, both for searchability reasons and because I often
browse the archives from diverse locations which often don't have
browsers powerful enough to handle e.g. SSL or cookies (picking common
authentication methods out of the air).

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                       --- David Richerby

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