Re: /cvs/gcc/gcc/gcc/ChangeLog,v restored

["Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>]

On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 law@redhat.com wrote:

> As I've said, multiple times, there is no way to physically mount the drive
> in the cabinet.  The drive is sitting here on my desk.
> 
> Specifically what file(s) do you need to fix the PR.

The whole of what was /sourceware/www/gcc/ml/ (i.e., about 2 Gbyte of
data) - since I don't see any more reliable way of identifying individual
message files that may be corrupt than comparing against the old ones, and
replacing the contents of directories with no genuine changes
(regeneration etc.) from the old disk (then applying less reliable
heuristics to March/April archives).

> The decision not to use our sysadmins was a conscious one on the parts of
> Jason and myself.  At the time our sysadmin staff was way too confrontational
> to be of any service.  Hell, their attitude for stuff like the 48hr mail
> delays was something like "oh well, it's just mail, they can deal with it".
> 
> Things are better in some ways now, but worse in others.  

Who *is* supposed to be responsible for boring but essential tasks such as
backups and restoring from them?

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk