Re: [Mailman-Users] txt files and database

2005-06-23 Thread Heather Madrone
At 8:46 AM -0700 6/23/05, Carl Zwanzig wrote: >No, it really doesn't. Without getting in the minds of the developers: >* virtually every OS is packaged with facilities for reading/writing text files >* text files are dead easy to fix >* text files are fast for most operations, esp sequential reads

Re: [Mailman-Users] txt files and database

2005-06-23 Thread Carl Zwanzig
In a flurry of recycled electrons, Jean-Philippe GIOLA wrote: > Bill Landry wrote: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> nobody has answered me so I ask my question an another time...! I'd have thought that the answer fairly was obvious... > >> I want to know why the mailman's developpers have choosen t

Re: [Mailman-Users] txt files and database

2005-06-23 Thread Jean-Philippe GIOLA
Bill Landry wrote: > - Original Message - From: "Jean-Philippe GIOLA" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Hi all! >> nobody has answered me so I ask my question an another time...! >> I want to know why the mailman's developpers have choosen to store mail >> for the archives in txt files and not i

Re: [Mailman-Users] txt files and database

2005-06-22 Thread Bill Landry
- Original Message - From: "Jean-Philippe GIOLA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi all! > nobody has answered me so I ask my question an another time...! > I want to know why the mailman's developpers have choosen to store mail > for the archives in txt files and not in a database like forums See

Re: [Mailman-Users] txt files and database

2005-06-22 Thread Sythos
On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 10:38:52AM +0200, Jean-Philippe GIOLA wrote: > nobody has answered me so I ask my question an another time...! > I want to know why the mailman's developpers have choosen to store mail > for the archives in txt files and not in a database like forums > thanks for your answe

[Mailman-Users] txt files and database

2005-06-22 Thread Jean-Philippe GIOLA
Hi all! nobody has answered me so I ask my question an another time...! I want to know why the mailman's developpers have choosen to store mail for the archives in txt files and not in a database like forums thanks for your answers! reguards -- Jean-Philippe Giola - 6577