ALERT There is a person by the name of Mike Cox who's trying to turn this mailing list into a Big-8 newsgroup. Many of you know that this and most of the other postresql mailing lists are already gated to Google Groups and a small number of private news servers. If Mike Cox succeeds, this list will be available as a newsgroup on a great many more ISPs and NSPs, which could be a good or a bad thing. For one, e-mail addresses on this list will probably receive an increased volume of spam.
This person Mike wrote his own charter for this mailing list, without asking for help from any of the list subscribers. He went ahead and submitted the proposal to the Usenet big-wigs without consulting the mailing list first. The discussion is occurring in the news.groups Usenet group by a bunch of Usenet techies. Please get involved in the discussion and express your views. By all means, vote, when the time comes. If you have no access to Usenet, you could follow the discussion via Google Groups. Here are links to some of the threads-- http://shorl.com/jevukofrolelo http://shorl.com/hunofetaprona http://shorl.com/boranobrimise Andy Proposal is below: REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) unmoderated group comp.databases.postgresql.general This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a worldwide unmoderated Usenet newsgroup comp.databases.postgresql.general. This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time. Procedural details are below. RATIONALE: comp.databases.postgresql.general comp.databases.postgresql.general exists in groups.google.com. It has never gone through the big eight process of RFD and CFV, therefore is considered "bogus" and many news servers will not carry comp.databases.postgresql.general. comp.databases.postgresql.general is already very active, with many people posting and reading through groups.google.com. Having it be an official big eight group will enable people to follow it through their usenet servers. CHARTER: comp.databases.postgresql.general The comp.databases.postgresql.general unmoderated newsgroup will provide a general discussion location for users of the open-source PostgreSQL RDBMS. Postgresql is the most advanced open source relational database management system with thousands of users. It has won many awards and is distributed with almost every Linux and BSD distribution. PostgreSQL may be freely downloaded from http://www.postgresql.org. END CHARTER. PROCEDURE: This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes. In this phase of the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroups should be raised and resolved. The discussion period will continue for a minimum of 21 days (starting from when the first RFD for this proposal is posted to news.announce.newgroups), after which a Call For Votes (CFV) may be posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussion warrants it. Please do not attempt to vote until this happens. All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups. This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and "How to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal." Please refer to these documents (available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have any questions about the process. DISTRIBUTION: This RFD has been posted to the following newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups A pointer will be posted to the following group: comp.databases.postgresql.general on Google Groups Proponent: Mike Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
