okay ... i think i''ve got this setup. i did a test run on tonic2 so you can check it out first and make sure. the mailing list is just called "test", but if you look through the archives it should be the merger of both lists. http://tonic2.sfbay.sun.com/pipermail/test/ that what you expected? now, for the part about Bryan editing things so it looks like it''s all from one list. i''m not sure i fully understand how you wanted to run the 2 steps, but i''d rather not have to merge the 2 lists on the live site, then give the new master list to Bryan so he can do his stuff, then take his changes and mess with the live archives again. i think it''s best if you just pick a date to close the old dtrace-interest, then have Bryan do whatever he wants with those archives. once he''s done he can pass it off to me and we can run the merging of the 2 lists. since we have this little testbed on tonic2 then we can do as many dry runs as needed so that we make sure that we end up with the result we want. then once we are all set we''ll just do the update once on the live site. that sound okay? -- Allen Derek Cicero wrote:> We want to take the old internal mailing list, dtrace-interest and > prepend it to the current dtrace list, so that there is one archive for > all the dtrace email. I think Bryan wants to do this in a two step > process; first set it up so it''s all in there and figure out the process > for doing the drop. Second, he wants to go through and scrub the email > addresses so it looks like it was all part of one list, which would > require a second drop. > > Derek > > > Allen Gilliland wrote: > >> Derek, I want to double check that I understand exactly what you want >> to do here. From the email below I am assuming you want to take an >> existing internal email alias (dtrace-interest) and move all of it''s >> messages onto the existing opensolaris dtrace mailing list. >> >> Is that correct? or do you only want to move the archives of the >> dtrace-interest list onto opensolaris, but keep it separate from the >> current dtrace list? >> >> -- Allen >> >> >> Derek Cicero wrote: >> >>> Allen, >>> >>> We want to add the archives from a previous mailing list to the >>> opensolaris site. Take a look at this email and we''ll talk tomorrow >>> regrading how to make this happen. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Derek >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> Subject: >>> Re: Rebuilding archives? >>> From: >>> Bryan Cantrill <bmc@zion.eng.sun.com> >>> Date: >>> Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:23:49 -0800 (PST) >>> To: >>> derek.cicero@sun.com (Derek Cicero) >>> >>> To: >>> derek.cicero@sun.com (Derek Cicero) >>> CC: >>> dtrace-core@kiowa.eng.sun.com >>> >>> >>> Derek, >>> >>> >>>>> From the documentation for mailman, it appears to be possible to (by >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> hand) create the mailbox and then recreate the archives using arch. >>>>> If this is the case, I think we want to talk about putting the >>>>> dtrace-interest archives on opensolaris.org. (I don''t think there''s >>>>> anything confidential in the archives, but I will give them a quick >>>>> scrub.) >>>>> >>>> >>>> OK, let me know when you have it cleaned up and I will see what it >>>> takes to get it added to the archives. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> The scrubbed version is here: >>> >>> /net/nome/u/gates/dtrace-gate/public/interest.scrubbed >>> >>> (I removed the very few e-mails that were explicitly marked to be Sun >>> Proprietary/Confidential.) >>> >>> We will need to do another snapshot of this when we actually shutdown >>> dtrace-interest@kiowa. At that time, I will hand you another file to >>> be concatenated on to the archives; I assume mailman will handle the >>> date sorting properly. >>> >>> Also, it should go without saying that this file should be concatenated >>> on to the existing archives (saving a copy of the existing archives >>> before attempting any surgery, obviously); we don''t want to lose the >>> existing content. Also: I think we should go through the existing >>> archives and edit the "From:" line by hand. If you would rather I do >>> this, I would be happy to -- just point me to the raw mailbox file. >>> >>> >>>> There is no bureaucracy! Just have the Sun employee send me an email >>>> and I will add them. As long as someone expresses an interest, they >>>> will be added. We''ve sent a few emails out to ''onall'' and other >>>> internal mail aliases asking for new participants. External >>>> participants are pretty easy to add as well, but it does require a >>>> phone screen and and the signing of an NDA. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> No problem -- everyone on the list is internal to Sun. >>> >>> - Bryan >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Bryan Cantrill, Solaris Kernel Development. >>> http://blogs.sun.com/bmc >> >> >> > >