On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Bill Harris wrote:
"Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
"If there was an official newsgroup for postgresql, would you switch to using Usenet from using the mailing lists?"
As a side note, for those that do vote 'yes', please note that there is an official pgsql.* hierarchy gated from the mailing lists, that is available at news.postgresql.org, if you do wish to use a news reader vs a mail reader ...
FWIW, I voted yes, but my vote depended upon it being a comp.databases.postgresql.* hierarchy, done according to USENET guidelines. I sense that would be a lot more important for PostgreSQL in the long term and a lot more sustainable in general than a pgsql.* hierarchy. It's been my experience that processes done outside the norm tend to have extra problems along the way that cost more than the immediate gratification is worth, even if it does seem more painful at the time.
Just as an FYI, the pgsql.* hierarchy was done within the guidelines, or, at least, was done with the aid of the newsadmins of two of the larger news sites on the 'Net (Stanford and Supernews, both of which carry, and distribute, it), *and* has been picked up by ISC as an official hierarchy, including in the active file that it distributes on their FTP server ...
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