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Date:      Sun, 29 Mar 1998 13:57:30 -0800 (PST)
From:      Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
To:        Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de>
Cc:        freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG, andreas@klemm.gtn.com, scrappy@hub.org, (Satoshi Asami) <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
Subject:   Re: [PORTS] Pgaccess doesn't run on -current anymore, Update
Message-ID:  <XFMail.980329135730.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
In-Reply-To: <p1i3eg5jdbb.fsf@panke.panke.de>

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On 26-Mar-98 Wolfram Schneider wrote:
 
..

> The FreeBSD mailing list search interface support threads. The
> thread database will be updated hourly. Of course there are
> many things to do to make the threads more user friendly.

We have been playing with the idea of normalizing the archive into an
RDBMS.  Some of the benefits are:

*  no need to update the threads database.  It will always be updated.
*  Users can create, easily, their own thread logic with no impact on
   system performance.
*  Searching on normalized fields are many times faster, and much less
   costly in system resources.

What I am missing, is the definition of what functionality is
neccesary/existing/desired.  The only information I have is from observing
the UI and guessing what common sense would dictate.


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Sincerely Yours, 

Simon Shapiro
Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG                      Voice:   503.799.2313

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