Re: Has anyone tried importing lkml?

[Bram Adams <bram.adams@polymtl.ca>]

Hi,

>>> Bram, we're looking at various available options for hosting publicly
>>> accessible archives of LKML, together with a searchable/threadable web
>>> frontend. I know this is directly related to the work you've been doing
>>> with cregit, and I wonder if you would be able to provide Eric with full
>>> LKML archives for some initial testing. It's probably something cregit
>>> can benefit from, too, should we start providing this service.
>> 
>> Yes, we have a copy of the full history until August 2016 of LKML and 130 other mailing lists in mbox form. They are on the cregit server you provided us.
> 
> Found them. Is October 2000 the beginning of LKML, or just the beginning
> of the archive? I'm actually unsure of the history of the list. :)

It’s the second option, i.e., beginning of the archive. LKML goes back to 1996, see https://lkml.org/lkml (in fact 1910, but that’s probably not correct :-)).

> 
>> From cregit’s point of view, we are interested in any form of email archive that:
>> * is up-to-date
>> * parses the emails into metadata, patches, patch series, …
>> * is quick to query
> 
> Looks like we're getting unblocked for these resources, so we may be
> able to set up that LKML-specific patchwork instance for you -- but
> that's a separate thread that should probably stay off this list.

Cool, thanks!

Kind regards,

Bram Adams