Richard Barrett wrote:
I have been publishing and maintaining patches to integrate htdig search with MM since MM 2.0.6 and none of the MM support lists use the facility. When I asked thru this list how many people used the patches I got 3 replies; so obviously not many sites need searchable Mailman archives.
All users please note that MM 2.1.3 is the last version of MM for which I shall be publishing revisions of the #444884 patch. I will make one last effort to publish a generic version of the htdig integration patch which provides a framework for integrating other search engiones. Then I give up. Life is too short to continue pushing this particular rope uphill.
I have not done it yet, but it's on my list of things to do before I transfer my lists. If you apply the "one response equals 50 actually users" rule it's not too bad.
and Mark said:
I've said it before (recently) and I'll say it again - these patches should be integrated into the main Mailman tree. They are That Good.
I'll second that.<>< Paul