[digiKam-users] Tip for searching the mailing list archive

[irthomasthomas at gmail.com]

Hi, as a workaround to the missing mailing list search function, try this
query in your search engine: "site:url search term"

E.g. to search stuff about DNG files:

site:https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam-users/ dng

Google seems to have better results than DDG and Brave for this type of
query. D
I didn't try bing. E.g.
https://www.google.com/search?q=site:https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam-users/
dng

On Tue, 18 Jan 2022, 10:15 frederic chaume, <frederic.chaume at gmail.com>
wrote:

> mailing list is fine for me, only missing from my point of view is an
> efficient searching tool to retreive useful information , to get knowledge
> from already answered questions. There is a link to access all the mails,
> classified by month , but unusable for any search capabilities (as far as I
> know)
>  regards
>
>
>
> Le 18/01/2022 à 11:06, irthomasthomas at gmail.com a écrit :
>
> I also like this mailing list format. I think the empty forum simply
> reflects the digikam user demographics and preferences. Perhaps the mailing
> list promotion and onboarding can be improved instead?
>
> Thanks to the team and everyone who contributes here.
>
>
>
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2022, 09:59 Stuart T Rogers, <stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> I agree, I like the mailing list and the fact that we get responses from
>> the developers on a regular basis. I also think that the mailing list
>> gets better requests for information than many forums because people
>> stop and think before posting a question because they know everyone on
>> the list will see their update.
>>
>> A forum has to be policed and that takes work which the developers
>> cannot spend time on, it is also far more open to abuse and spam.
>>
>> Stuart
>>
>> On 18/01/2022 08:53, Andrew Goodbody wrote:
>> > I am very much against using a forum. They are slower and take more
>> > effort to read.
>> >
>> > Andrew
>> >
>> > On 18/01/2022 08:13, Jack Marxer wrote:
>> >> I want to thank the digiKam developers for all the work they have done
>> >> in developing and maintaining such a wonderful program!
>> >>
>> >> I also would like to use a forum, but I don't know if there is someone
>> >> who would be willing to develop and maintain it.
>> >> Jack Marxer
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 3:03 AM Ty Mayn <tyrus.mayn at gmail.com
>> >> <mailto:tyrus.mayn at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>       After study of the public viewable archives I see that discussion
>> >>     is more immediate on this oldfashioned Mailman listservice. Its
>> >>     clear to me that it is small but has some responsive leaders with
>> >>     knowledge.
>> >>          Meanwhile the similarly named digikam Forum hosted by kde is
>> >>     small and more inactive. After posting there this January I
>> resorted
>> >>     to answering my own posting just to be partially useful
>> >>     https://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=256
>> >>     <https://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=256>
>> >>           The energy on this list service deserves better tools.
>> >>     https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam-users/
>> >>     <https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam-users/>
>> >>     The archive has at least 17 years of useful knowledge zipped into
>> >>     204 separate months that no newcomer (or even old user)will easily
>> >>     search.
>> >>          Has anyone ever prepared and circulated a consolidated archive
>> >>     ready for global search?
>> >>       Every posting member has their  participating email exposed to
>> >>     weak masking that only replaces @ with "at"  while the  forum tools
>> >>     at KDE have good authentication and member shelter.
>> >>          Am I the only one to have spoken on this issue? I would have
>> to
>> >>     search the archives to know but I suppose each current member has a
>> >>     view and every pattern has inertia.  Please accept this as a
>> >>     positive input on a good thing
>> >>     Ty Mayn
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Website: https://www.stella-maris.org.uk
>> or:      https//www.broadstairs.org
>>
>
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