[R] R mail list archive Google search function not work

[Marc Schwartz]

On Mar 26, 2014, at 4:14 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:

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> On Mar 25, 2014, at 5:31 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
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>> On 26/03/14 12:51, David Winsemius wrote:
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>>> On Mar 25, 2014, at 9:52 AM, Luo Weijun wrote:
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>>>> Dear Robert and R project team,
>>>> I notice that the Google search function on the R mail list archives page has stopped working for quite a while, http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/.
>>>> Is there any solution on this or this has been move to another webpage? I know Google advance search can be used but the query is more complicated. This simple function could help R users greatly. Thank you!
>>>> Weijun
>>>> 
>>> Why not use MarkMail:
>>> http://markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Aorg.r-project.r-help
>>> 
>>> Or Gmane
>>> http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.r.general/search/list:org.r-project.r-help
>>> 
>> 
>> Why not?  Well, for one thing the first link that the R web site points at is the tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/ link.  Which is *still there* but terminates at 31 March 2012.
>> 
> 
> I'm a bit confused about what is meant by "the R web site". Are you pointing out deficiencies in MarkMail or GMane?


David,

If you go to:

  http://www.r-project.org

and look at the left hand navigation frame, there is a "Search" link there, which brings up, in the right hand frame, a list of search sites (http://www.r-project.org/search.html), which still includes Robert's site at http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/.

The archives there seem to stop at 2012 and the Google search box there seems to be non-functional from a quick check.

I have not used his site in years and will use rseek.org these days.

It seems to me that I recall discussion in the past about the status of Robert's site, but cannot seem to locate anything at the moment. I am not sure who maintains the R web site these days, but presumably that link should be removed if the search engine is no longer actively maintained.

Regards,

Marc Schwartz


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> 
>> cheers,
>> 
>> Rolf
> 
> David Winsemius
> Alameda, CA, USA