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

[irthomasthomas at gmail.com]

Sorry, the working example link for searching "DNG" in the archive is

https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fmail.kde.org%2Fpipermail%2Fdigikam-users%2F+dng

On Tue, 18 Jan 2022, 10:31 irthomasthomas at gmail.com, <
irthomasthomas at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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