GUTINDEX files have not seen an update since May 7th
Hi - I just noticed that GUTINDEX files for the PG collection have not been updated since May 7th. Did someone stop maintaining these? Jared
Indeed, we might have lost our maintainer. I've reached out... ~ Greg On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 08:28:40AM -0500, Jared Buck wrote:
Hi -
I just noticed that GUTINDEX files for the PG collection have not been updated since May 7th. Did someone stop maintaining these?
Jared
Is the maintainer one of the whitewashers? …Ross… On Thu, Jul 17, 2025, Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> wrote:
Indeed, we might have lost our maintainer. I've reached out... ~ Greg
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 08:28:40AM -0500, Jared Buck wrote:
Hi -
I just noticed that GUTINDEX files for the PG collection have not been updated since May 7th. Did someone stop maintaining these?
Jared
The WWers don’t maintain the gutindex files. Al From: Ross Olson <rolson@gmail.com> Sent: July 18, 2025 10:18 PM To: Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion <gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org> Subject: [gutvol-d] Re: GUTINDEX files have not seen an update since May 7th Is the maintainer one of the whitewashers? …Ross… On Thu, Jul 17, 2025, Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org <mailto:gbnewby@pglaf.org> > wrote: Indeed, we might have lost our maintainer. I've reached out... ~ Greg On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 08:28:40AM -0500, Jared Buck wrote:
Hi -
I just noticed that GUTINDEX files for the PG collection have not been updated since May 7th. Did someone stop maintaining these?
Jared
Ok. Who does? Do they need/want assistance? What can be done to help? …Ross… On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM ajhaines <ajhaines@shaw.ca> wrote:
The WWers don’t maintain the gutindex files.
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025, Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> wrote:
Indeed, we might have lost our maintainer. I've reached out... ~ Greg
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 08:28:40AM -0500, Jared Buck wrote:
Hi -
I just noticed that GUTINDEX files for the PG collection have not been updated since May 7th. Did someone stop maintaining these?
Jared
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025, at 1:21 PM, Greg Newby wrote:
Indeed, we might have lost our maintainer. I've reached out... ~ Greg
The format of those files is not overly complex. Do we have clean enough metadata to generate them programmatically? I assume the book title and book number are low-hanging fruit, but I'm not sure about other information, e.g. illustrator(s), editor(s), subtitle... Dan
The long-time maintainer, Larry Copenhaver, has had to step back from this role due to health issues. The GUTINDEX.ALL files under "offline catalogs" at https://www.gutenberg.org (and companion files like GUTINDEX.2000) are Project Gutenberg's accession files. They list all our publications in numerical order. Many people use these frequently (including me). To continue to maintain them, either: 1. A new maintainer needs to step forward 2. We could try to develop automation to maintain the files The maintainer role is to simply copy Posted announcements to the right place in the GUTINDEX files. An automated solution would plug into the suite of "workbench" tools the production team (WWers) use. If you've seen the Posted email list, you can see that the top line of a Posted announcement is what goes into the GUTINDEX files. Generally the lists simply grow with every new posting. Occasionally they need some hand-editing, such as when we remove items or fix the title or author. ~ Greg On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 12:31:28PM -0400, Dan Lowe wrote:
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025, at 1:21 PM, Greg Newby wrote:
Indeed, we might have lost our maintainer. I've reached out... ~ Greg
The format of those files is not overly complex. Do we have clean enough metadata to generate them programmatically? I assume the book title and book number are low-hanging fruit, but I'm not sure about other information, e.g. illustrator(s), editor(s), subtitle...
Dan
A mix of both might not be a bad idea. Having some sort of automated script for most of it but then hand-editing when something like an author is changed? I'm no programmer but I'm sure there is a way to automate some of it. That being said, as a person with a disability, most of my work right now in RL is on a volunteer basis while I get some help looking for a paid job. These files usually seem to be updated once a week as it is, so i'm sure an automated script running 1x a week to automate most of this and then a manual hand-edit when correction posts are made, seems like something you wouldn't have to devote a lot of time to. I'd volunteer to do that if no one else can, but I'd have to find someone to write a programming script for automating it, first. Jared On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> wrote:
The long-time maintainer, Larry Copenhaver, has had to step back from this role due to health issues.
The GUTINDEX.ALL files under "offline catalogs" at https://www.gutenberg.org (and companion files like GUTINDEX.2000) are Project Gutenberg's accession files. They list all our publications in numerical order.
Many people use these frequently (including me).
To continue to maintain them, either: 1. A new maintainer needs to step forward 2. We could try to develop automation to maintain the files
The maintainer role is to simply copy Posted announcements to the right place in the GUTINDEX files.
An automated solution would plug into the suite of "workbench" tools the production team (WWers) use. If you've seen the Posted email list, you can see that the top line of a Posted announcement is what goes into the GUTINDEX files.
Generally the lists simply grow with every new posting. Occasionally they need some hand-editing, such as when we remove items or fix the title or author. ~ Greg
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 12:31:28PM -0400, Dan Lowe wrote:
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025, at 1:21 PM, Greg Newby wrote:
Indeed, we might have lost our maintainer. I've reached out... ~ Greg
The format of those files is not overly complex. Do we have clean enough
metadata to generate them programmatically? I assume the book title and book number are low-hanging fruit, but I'm not sure about other information, e.g. illustrator(s), editor(s), subtitle...
Dan
Currently there is no automation for the GUTINDEX files. They are maintained by hand, and have been for decades -- all the way back to the 1990s. Any automation would require new development. As I mentioned, I think this could be built into the workflow tool the WWers utilize. ~ Greg On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 02:23:20PM -0500, Jared Buck wrote:
A mix of both might not be a bad idea. Having some sort of automated script for most of it but then hand-editing when something like an author is changed? I'm no programmer but I'm sure there is a way to automate some of it. That being said, as a person with a disability, most of my work right now in RL is on a volunteer basis while I get some help looking for a paid job. These files usually seem to be updated once a week as it is, so i'm sure an automated script running 1x a week to automate most of this and then a manual hand-edit when correction posts are made, seems like something you wouldn't have to devote a lot of time to. I'd volunteer to do that if no one else can, but I'd have to find someone to write a programming script for automating it, first.
Jared
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> wrote:
The long-time maintainer, Larry Copenhaver, has had to step back from this role due to health issues.
The GUTINDEX.ALL files under "offline catalogs" at https://www.gutenberg.org (and companion files like GUTINDEX.2000) are Project Gutenberg's accession files. They list all our publications in numerical order.
Many people use these frequently (including me).
To continue to maintain them, either: 1. A new maintainer needs to step forward 2. We could try to develop automation to maintain the files
The maintainer role is to simply copy Posted announcements to the right place in the GUTINDEX files.
An automated solution would plug into the suite of "workbench" tools the production team (WWers) use. If you've seen the Posted email list, you can see that the top line of a Posted announcement is what goes into the GUTINDEX files.
Generally the lists simply grow with every new posting. Occasionally they need some hand-editing, such as when we remove items or fix the title or author. ~ Greg
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 12:31:28PM -0400, Dan Lowe wrote:
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025, at 1:21 PM, Greg Newby wrote:
Indeed, we might have lost our maintainer. I've reached out... ~ Greg
The format of those files is not overly complex. Do we have clean enough
metadata to generate them programmatically? I assume the book title and book number are low-hanging fruit, but I'm not sure about other information, e.g. illustrator(s), editor(s), subtitle...
Dan
It's something to explore, certainly. I guess you'll have to see. Jared On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> wrote:
Currently there is no automation for the GUTINDEX files. They are maintained by hand, and have been for decades -- all the way back to the 1990s.
Any automation would require new development. As I mentioned, I think this could be built into the workflow tool the WWers utilize. ~ Greg
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 02:23:20PM -0500, Jared Buck wrote:
A mix of both might not be a bad idea. Having some sort of automated script for most of it but then hand-editing when something like an author is changed? I'm no programmer but I'm sure there is a way to automate some of it. That being said, as a person with a disability, most of my work right now in RL is on a volunteer basis while I get some help looking for a paid job. These files usually seem to be updated once a week as it is, so i'm sure an automated script running 1x a week to automate most of this and then a manual hand-edit when correction posts are made, seems like something you wouldn't have to devote a lot of time to. I'd volunteer to do that if no one else can, but I'd have to find someone to write a programming script for automating it, first.
Jared
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> wrote:
The long-time maintainer, Larry Copenhaver, has had to step back from this role due to health issues.
The GUTINDEX.ALL files under "offline catalogs" at https://www.gutenberg.org (and companion files like GUTINDEX.2000) are Project Gutenberg's accession files. They list all our publications in numerical order.
Many people use these frequently (including me).
To continue to maintain them, either: 1. A new maintainer needs to step forward 2. We could try to develop automation to maintain the files
The maintainer role is to simply copy Posted announcements to the right place in the GUTINDEX files.
An automated solution would plug into the suite of "workbench" tools the production team (WWers) use. If you've seen the Posted email list, you can see that the top line of a Posted announcement is what goes into the GUTINDEX files.
Generally the lists simply grow with every new posting. Occasionally they need some hand-editing, such as when we remove items or fix the title or author. ~ Greg
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 12:31:28PM -0400, Dan Lowe wrote:
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025, at 1:21 PM, Greg Newby wrote:
Indeed, we might have lost our maintainer. I've reached out... ~ Greg
The format of those files is not overly complex. Do we have clean
enough metadata to generate them programmatically? I assume the book title and book number are low-hanging fruit, but I'm not sure about other information, e.g. illustrator(s), editor(s), subtitle...
Dan
Guys. I am new around here. Re getting this automated is there a description of what needs to happen? ________________________________ From: Jared Buck <jared.buck@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2025 4:58 PM To: Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion <gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org> Subject: [gutvol-d] Re: GUTINDEX files have not seen an update since May 7th It's something to explore, certainly. I guess you'll have to see. Jared On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org<mailto:gbnewby@pglaf.org>> wrote: Currently there is no automation for the GUTINDEX files. They are maintained by hand, and have been for decades -- all the way back to the 1990s. Any automation would require new development. As I mentioned, I think this could be built into the workflow tool the WWers utilize. ~ Greg On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 02:23:20PM -0500, Jared Buck wrote:
A mix of both might not be a bad idea. Having some sort of automated script for most of it but then hand-editing when something like an author is changed? I'm no programmer but I'm sure there is a way to automate some of it. That being said, as a person with a disability, most of my work right now in RL is on a volunteer basis while I get some help looking for a paid job. These files usually seem to be updated once a week as it is, so i'm sure an automated script running 1x a week to automate most of this and then a manual hand-edit when correction posts are made, seems like something you wouldn't have to devote a lot of time to. I'd volunteer to do that if no one else can, but I'd have to find someone to write a programming script for automating it, first.
Jared
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org<mailto:gbnewby@pglaf.org>> wrote:
The long-time maintainer, Larry Copenhaver, has had to step back from this role due to health issues.
The GUTINDEX.ALL files under "offline catalogs" at https://www.gutenberg.org (and companion files like GUTINDEX.2000) are Project Gutenberg's accession files. They list all our publications in numerical order.
Many people use these frequently (including me).
To continue to maintain them, either: 1. A new maintainer needs to step forward 2. We could try to develop automation to maintain the files
The maintainer role is to simply copy Posted announcements to the right place in the GUTINDEX files.
An automated solution would plug into the suite of "workbench" tools the production team (WWers) use. If you've seen the Posted email list, you can see that the top line of a Posted announcement is what goes into the GUTINDEX files.
Generally the lists simply grow with every new posting. Occasionally they need some hand-editing, such as when we remove items or fix the title or author. ~ Greg
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 12:31:28PM -0400, Dan Lowe wrote:
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025, at 1:21 PM, Greg Newby wrote:
Indeed, we might have lost our maintainer. I've reached out... ~ Greg
The format of those files is not overly complex. Do we have clean enough
metadata to generate them programmatically? I assume the book title and book number are low-hanging fruit, but I'm not sure about other information, e.g. illustrator(s), editor(s), subtitle...
Dan
I am new here and am interested in helping on the tech end of things. Is your codebase on GitHub? Interested in applying AI and agents to .... I begin to babble.... Have started an app that enhances the user's access to the book to for example: as one reads chapter 13 and Joe is mentioned and you forget who Joe is ask the book! ________________________________ From: Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2025 3:43 PM To: Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion <gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org> Subject: [gutvol-d] Re: GUTINDEX files have not seen an update since May 7th Currently there is no automation for the GUTINDEX files. They are maintained by hand, and have been for decades -- all the way back to the 1990s. Any automation would require new development. As I mentioned, I think this could be built into the workflow tool the WWers utilize. ~ Greg On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 02:23:20PM -0500, Jared Buck wrote:
A mix of both might not be a bad idea. Having some sort of automated script for most of it but then hand-editing when something like an author is changed? I'm no programmer but I'm sure there is a way to automate some of it. That being said, as a person with a disability, most of my work right now in RL is on a volunteer basis while I get some help looking for a paid job. These files usually seem to be updated once a week as it is, so i'm sure an automated script running 1x a week to automate most of this and then a manual hand-edit when correction posts are made, seems like something you wouldn't have to devote a lot of time to. I'd volunteer to do that if no one else can, but I'd have to find someone to write a programming script for automating it, first.
Jared
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> wrote:
The long-time maintainer, Larry Copenhaver, has had to step back from this role due to health issues.
The GUTINDEX.ALL files under "offline catalogs" at https://www.gutenberg.org (and companion files like GUTINDEX.2000) are Project Gutenberg's accession files. They list all our publications in numerical order.
Many people use these frequently (including me).
To continue to maintain them, either: 1. A new maintainer needs to step forward 2. We could try to develop automation to maintain the files
The maintainer role is to simply copy Posted announcements to the right place in the GUTINDEX files.
An automated solution would plug into the suite of "workbench" tools the production team (WWers) use. If you've seen the Posted email list, you can see that the top line of a Posted announcement is what goes into the GUTINDEX files.
Generally the lists simply grow with every new posting. Occasionally they need some hand-editing, such as when we remove items or fix the title or author. ~ Greg
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 12:31:28PM -0400, Dan Lowe wrote:
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025, at 1:21 PM, Greg Newby wrote:
Indeed, we might have lost our maintainer. I've reached out... ~ Greg
The format of those files is not overly complex. Do we have clean enough
metadata to generate them programmatically? I assume the book title and book number are low-hanging fruit, but I'm not sure about other information, e.g. illustrator(s), editor(s), subtitle...
Dan
Hi Fred. Yes, you can find much of the code in github. Start with https://github.com/gutenbergtools Feature development is active there in the pull requests and issue trackers. Welcome! Greg Newby On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 06:24:33PM +0000, Fred Richey wrote:
I am new here and am interested in helping on the tech end of things.
Is your codebase on GitHub?
Interested in applying AI and agents to .... I begin to babble....
Have started an app that enhances the user's access to the book to for example: as one reads chapter 13 and Joe is mentioned and you forget who Joe is ask the book!
________________________________ From: Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2025 3:43 PM To: Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion <gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org> Subject: [gutvol-d] Re: GUTINDEX files have not seen an update since May 7th
Currently there is no automation for the GUTINDEX files. They are maintained by hand, and have been for decades -- all the way back to the 1990s.
Any automation would require new development. As I mentioned, I think this could be built into the workflow tool the WWers utilize. ~ Greg
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 02:23:20PM -0500, Jared Buck wrote:
A mix of both might not be a bad idea. Having some sort of automated script for most of it but then hand-editing when something like an author is changed? I'm no programmer but I'm sure there is a way to automate some of it. That being said, as a person with a disability, most of my work right now in RL is on a volunteer basis while I get some help looking for a paid job. These files usually seem to be updated once a week as it is, so i'm sure an automated script running 1x a week to automate most of this and then a manual hand-edit when correction posts are made, seems like something you wouldn't have to devote a lot of time to. I'd volunteer to do that if no one else can, but I'd have to find someone to write a programming script for automating it, first.
Jared
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> wrote:
The long-time maintainer, Larry Copenhaver, has had to step back from this role due to health issues.
The GUTINDEX.ALL files under "offline catalogs" at https://www.gutenberg.org (and companion files like GUTINDEX.2000) are Project Gutenberg's accession files. They list all our publications in numerical order.
Many people use these frequently (including me).
To continue to maintain them, either: 1. A new maintainer needs to step forward 2. We could try to develop automation to maintain the files
The maintainer role is to simply copy Posted announcements to the right place in the GUTINDEX files.
An automated solution would plug into the suite of "workbench" tools the production team (WWers) use. If you've seen the Posted email list, you can see that the top line of a Posted announcement is what goes into the GUTINDEX files.
Generally the lists simply grow with every new posting. Occasionally they need some hand-editing, such as when we remove items or fix the title or author. ~ Greg
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 12:31:28PM -0400, Dan Lowe wrote:
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025, at 1:21 PM, Greg Newby wrote:
Indeed, we might have lost our maintainer. I've reached out... ~ Greg
The format of those files is not overly complex. Do we have clean enough
metadata to generate them programmatically? I assume the book title and book number are low-hanging fruit, but I'm not sure about other information, e.g. illustrator(s), editor(s), subtitle...
Dan
It looks like the GUTINDEX has now been updated to Aug 30... perhaps it is now automated? Has some else taken on the manual role? I'm quite curious to know what the resolution was, or is, so far. …Ross… On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> wrote:
Hi Fred. Yes, you can find much of the code in github. Start with https://github.com/gutenbergtools
Feature development is active there in the pull requests and issue trackers.
Welcome! Greg Newby
On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 06:24:33PM +0000, Fred Richey wrote:
I am new here and am interested in helping on the tech end of things.
Is your codebase on GitHub?
Interested in applying AI and agents to .... I begin to babble....
Have started an app that enhances the user's access to the book to for
example: as one reads chapter 13 and Joe is mentioned and you forget who Joe is ask the book!
________________________________ From: Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2025 3:43 PM To: Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion <gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org> Subject: [gutvol-d] Re: GUTINDEX files have not seen an update since May
7th
Currently there is no automation for the GUTINDEX files. They are maintained by hand, and have been for decades -- all the way back to the 1990s.
Any automation would require new development. As I mentioned, I think this could be built into the workflow tool the WWers utilize. ~ Greg
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 02:23:20PM -0500, Jared Buck wrote:
A mix of both might not be a bad idea. Having some sort of automated script for most of it but then hand-editing when something like an
is changed? I'm no programmer but I'm sure there is a way to automate some of it. That being said, as a person with a disability, most of my work right now in RL is on a volunteer basis while I get some help looking for a paid job. These files usually seem to be updated once a week as it is, so i'm sure an automated script running 1x a week to automate most of
then a manual hand-edit when correction posts are made, seems like something you wouldn't have to devote a lot of time to. I'd volunteer to do that if no one else can, but I'd have to find someone to write a programming script for automating it, first.
Jared
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> wrote:
The long-time maintainer, Larry Copenhaver, has had to step back from this role due to health issues.
The GUTINDEX.ALL files under "offline catalogs" at https://www.gutenberg.org (and companion files like GUTINDEX.2000) are Project Gutenberg's accession files. They list all our publications in numerical order.
Many people use these frequently (including me).
To continue to maintain them, either: 1. A new maintainer needs to step forward 2. We could try to develop automation to maintain the files
The maintainer role is to simply copy Posted announcements to the right place in the GUTINDEX files.
An automated solution would plug into the suite of "workbench" tools the production team (WWers) use. If you've seen the Posted email
author this and list,
you can see that the top line of a Posted announcement is what goes into the GUTINDEX files.
Generally the lists simply grow with every new posting. Occasionally they need some hand-editing, such as when we remove items or fix the title or author. ~ Greg
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 12:31:28PM -0400, Dan Lowe wrote:
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025, at 1:21 PM, Greg Newby wrote:
Indeed, we might have lost our maintainer. I've reached out... ~ Greg
The format of those files is not overly complex. Do we have clean
enough metadata to generate them programmatically? I assume the book title and book number are low-hanging fruit, but I'm not sure about other information, e.g. illustrator(s), editor(s), subtitle...
Dan
Hi Ross. Roger Frank has automated the process and the GUTINDEX* files are now updated approximately weekly. There is an intentional delay of around a week to allow post-posting cataloging activity. ~ Greg On Mon, Sep 01, 2025 at 09:50:23AM -0700, Ross Olson wrote:
It looks like the GUTINDEX has now been updated to Aug 30... perhaps it is now automated? Has some else taken on the manual role? I'm quite curious to know what the resolution was, or is, so far.
…Ross…
On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> wrote:
Hi Fred. Yes, you can find much of the code in github. Start with https://github.com/gutenbergtools
Feature development is active there in the pull requests and issue trackers.
Welcome! Greg Newby
On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 06:24:33PM +0000, Fred Richey wrote:
I am new here and am interested in helping on the tech end of things.
Is your codebase on GitHub?
Interested in applying AI and agents to .... I begin to babble....
Have started an app that enhances the user's access to the book to for
example: as one reads chapter 13 and Joe is mentioned and you forget who Joe is ask the book!
________________________________ From: Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2025 3:43 PM To: Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion <gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org> Subject: [gutvol-d] Re: GUTINDEX files have not seen an update since May
7th
Currently there is no automation for the GUTINDEX files. They are maintained by hand, and have been for decades -- all the way back to the 1990s.
Any automation would require new development. As I mentioned, I think this could be built into the workflow tool the WWers utilize. ~ Greg
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 02:23:20PM -0500, Jared Buck wrote:
A mix of both might not be a bad idea. Having some sort of automated script for most of it but then hand-editing when something like an
is changed? I'm no programmer but I'm sure there is a way to automate some of it. That being said, as a person with a disability, most of my work right now in RL is on a volunteer basis while I get some help looking for a paid job. These files usually seem to be updated once a week as it is, so i'm sure an automated script running 1x a week to automate most of
then a manual hand-edit when correction posts are made, seems like something you wouldn't have to devote a lot of time to. I'd volunteer to do that if no one else can, but I'd have to find someone to write a programming script for automating it, first.
Jared
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> wrote:
The long-time maintainer, Larry Copenhaver, has had to step back from this role due to health issues.
The GUTINDEX.ALL files under "offline catalogs" at https://www.gutenberg.org (and companion files like GUTINDEX.2000) are Project Gutenberg's accession files. They list all our publications in numerical order.
Many people use these frequently (including me).
To continue to maintain them, either: 1. A new maintainer needs to step forward 2. We could try to develop automation to maintain the files
The maintainer role is to simply copy Posted announcements to the right place in the GUTINDEX files.
An automated solution would plug into the suite of "workbench" tools the production team (WWers) use. If you've seen the Posted email
author this and list,
you can see that the top line of a Posted announcement is what goes into the GUTINDEX files.
Generally the lists simply grow with every new posting. Occasionally they need some hand-editing, such as when we remove items or fix the title or author. ~ Greg
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 12:31:28PM -0400, Dan Lowe wrote:
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025, at 1:21 PM, Greg Newby wrote: > Indeed, we might have lost our maintainer. I've reached out... > ~ Greg
The format of those files is not overly complex. Do we have clean
enough metadata to generate them programmatically? I assume the book title and book number are low-hanging fruit, but I'm not sure about other information, e.g. illustrator(s), editor(s), subtitle...
Dan
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