Re: [PATCH 21.5] Starting XEmacs 21.5 via cygwin's run command
Hi Adrian,
On 8/21/07, Adrian Aichner <adrian(a)xemacs.org> wrote:
"Vin Shelton" <acs(a)xemacs.org> writes:
> Adrian - I added a pointer to the gmane permalink.
Hi Vin, I'm concerned about mail archive URLs as the only reference.
As we saw with tux.org, the can go up in smoke and then we have nothing.
If the original message-id is put in as a reference, then every one of
us with a large history of email can recover it.
M-x gnus-article-refer-article
works slowly but surely.
Oh, I think the original message-id can not be found via
http://calypso.tux.org/pipermail/xemacs-patches/2006-November/000041.html
The fact that you can't search by message-id reduces the utility of
some email archives [and message-ids :-) ]. I think that gmane is
relatively permanent and the http link is much more generally useful
than a message-id. Remember that some people will not have the
extensive personal email archives that we do. (In fact, I often post
from my gmail account, where my email history is less extensive than
my home machine, so even those of us with extensive email archives do
not always have access to those archives.)
Personally, I think using a gmane permalink is sufficiently permanent
to preserve the thread, but I'm willing to change my patch if other
people agree with you.
Regards,
Vin
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