It has been almost 14 years since Jonathan W. Schultz, the creator of Dirvish, died, and his server died soon after. In gratitude for his creation, and the opportunity to write about it for Sysadmin magazine, I built the dirvish.org website (with html and Moinmoin) and this mailing list (with Mailman) with my laughably inadequate software skills.
For medical reasons, it is time to pull the plug. I've asked twice over the last two years for a volunteer to take over; in return, I got many suggestions for changes, but no volunteers. The ancient version of the mailman software is also broken; I can't unsubscribe users with the administrative interface. I don't have time to learn how to fix the software. So, I will shut down the Mailman mailing list in a week, and turn off the virtual server when the dirvish.org domain registration expires in May (which probably means some spammer will get it, sigh). There are many, many copies of the website (and the mailing list archives) on archive.org. As long as we continue to support Brewster Kahle's excellent service, and actively protect it from political interference, a copy of the site will remain there. But Brewster is getting old, too. Everything goes away without passionate support and commitment. Sometimes, even that is not enough. So, it's been great. I've e-met many wonderful people, and we did important things together. I still have some very important things to do in the time that remains, and I must focus on those. I hope the rest of you will have enough time to complete your own important tasks. We are defined by what we make, not by what we take. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected] _______________________________________________ Dirvish mailing list [email protected] http://www.dirvish.org/mailman/listinfo/dirvish
