[EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Gary L. Burnore") wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> At 03:44 PM 11/23/2004, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > >>>Did you warn the proponent of comp.databases.postgresql.* that you >>>were going to do this? Did you read any of the arguments for and >>>against a completely separate hierarchy that were posted to the RFD >>>thread in news.groups? >> >>Interesting point. What did come of all the arguments? These news >>server changes seem to be fairly arbitrary and one lined. Perhaps this >>should be taken up as a whole? > > Setting this up outside of the comp. groups tells everyone you want to > be more like microsoft.* and less like major databases. Moreover, it > means less propagation since not all servers will carry them. And if he plans on having *2* newsgroups for each list (one in comp.* and one in pgsql.*) then the credibility of his hierarchy will go further down the drain. > So much for working out the problems. No further comment. -- Bill ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend