On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Joshua Hutchinson wrote:
No disrespect, but ...
That seems like a collosal waste of time.
It's not your time, or much of our time, it is the time of voluneers who have asked to do this project, and there have been multiple requests. I'm sure many of the various projects within Project Gutenberg might seem like a waste to time to those not interested in them, or who have other projects going in other directions they would like to see more focus on.
I could *perhaps* see a benefit to a directory structure that organized the texts by original paper publication date, but the date we got around to it?
It is generally better to have more options than fewer, go for it!
I really don't see a benefit there. Especially since as the years went on, we got "ahead" of the game and had things being posted in an entirely different time frame than what we were reporting them as being posted.
Just another option, for those who want it, no need for anyone who doesn't want it to be concerned.
Josh
Michael
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jared Buck" <JBuck814366460@aol.com> To: "Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion" <gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org> Subject: [gutvol-d] Project Gutenberg Original Directory Structure Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:14:23 -0800
Hi all, It's Jared :) I'm a college student down here in California, and I've been with PG for some time as a DP and more recently as one of the newsletter editors. Prof. Hart and I have been talking about (by email) the possibility of reviving the old directory structure (ie etext 03, etext94, etc) as perhaps a classic PG website or at least an alternative site for users to browse etexts the way they did before, with the etexts organized by year. It's the structure I am most used to, and in discussions with Hart and Greg Newby, I believe a project of this scale can be undertaken (to create a separate site housing the etexts under the old directory structure.
Prof. Hart also tells me there has been some discussion on this issue on the mailing list recently, but I only just joined the gutvol list a few days ago. Perhaps someone wouldn't mind filling me in on what I missed?
Jared Buck ---------------------- Project Gutenberg editor http://www.gutenberg,net
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