Help rebuild concurrency-interest archives

[Pavel Rappo]

It so happens that the discussion has started on another OpenJDK
mailing list: https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/concurrency-discuss/2025-June/000015.html

On Sun, Jun 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM Pavel Rappo <pavel.rappo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> A year ago, I was saddened to learn that the concurrency-interest
> mailing list broke down irreversibly [^1]. Not only did the list stop
> functioning, but its archives disappeared as well. The latter seemed
> especially sad as the list hosted many interesting, in-depth
> conversations over the years.
>
> Is there a way to get some of the archives back? Many
> concurrency-interest members, myself included, still have some of
> those conversations in their mailboxes. Given enough members, we could
> probably rebuild the archives. Maybe not completely, not in the same
> form, but close.
>
> The earliest email from concurrency-interest that I have in my mailbox
> is dated 2012-01-12 and the most recent is dated 2022-08-10. Since
> I've never unsubscribed from the list, we can safely say that
> 2022-08-10 is when the list ended.
>
> 2012 is the year I subscribed to the list, but it's not when the list
> started. To get an idea on when the list started I turned to "Wayback
> Machine", which showed me [^2] that the first archived email is dated
> 2002-01-30. So, the list was operational for more than 20 years!
>
> I wrote a script to download the monthly "Gzip'd Text" files. The
> script downloaded 168 out of 238 files. The downloaded files cover the
> period from 2002-January and up to and including 2016-March, except
> for 2015-January. So there's some overlap between what my mailbox has
> and what "Wayback Machine" has.
>
> In theory, combining data from my mailbox with data from "Wayback
> Machine" should be more than enough to rebuild the complete archives.
> However, I don't know if any of these two datasets have any quality,
> completeness or some other issues.
>
> And it's where the distributed nature of a mail list can help. I was
> not the only member. Some members subscribed earlier than I did. Their
> data might be used for cross-checking or filling in gaps.
>
> __So here's the deal.__ If you've ever been a member of
> concurrency-interest, reply with basic stats, such as total number of
> list emails you have and the time period they cover.
>
> And last but not least: consider donating to "Wayback Machine" today.
> Maybe your company can match your donation too?
>
> -Pavel
>
> [^1]: https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2024-August/127856.html
> [^2]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220527224446/http://cs.oswego.edu/pipermail/concurrency-interest/