[Sysadmin] Feasible feature? possible? Fw: [the**list] evolt list on gmane?

[Seb Potter]

> | On Sep 06, Boris Mann wrote:
> | > But...I would love to have an RSS feed of the list. My idea is to 
> have
> | > the first post of a thread be like a post to a blog, and all replies
> | > would be the comments.
> |
> | Personally I would prefer to have all replies included in the RSS feed:
> |
> | http://pgl.yoyo.org/thelist/rss-1.0.php
> |
> | I'd feel like I'm missing something otherwise - people sometimes reply
> | to relatively old posts and I wouldn't see them if I relied on the RSS
> | feed (which I probably will end up doing).


Well, the only way this would be of any use at all (according to what these 
guys would like) is if the *entire* list is available as an RSS feed. Of 
course, there are about a bazillion+1 problems with trying to work out 
email threads (because email is stateless) and the development effort 
required would be enormous. (Not to mention bandiwdth issues... I dread to 
think of people downloading thelist on a daily basis...)

Of course, an RSS feed with the most recent posts would be a lot more 
useful, but seeing as thelist generates >100 emails per day, this wouldn't 
provide the aggregating capabilities that are requested unless the RSS is 
downloaded on a *very* frequent basis.

It's nice idea, but it requires some serious thought about the benefits it 
would provide, and the effort+support involved before agreeing to it.

- seb


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