On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Marc G. Fournier <scra...@hub.org> wrote: > On Thu, 13 May 2010, Magnus Hagander wrote: > >> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 2:04 AM, Marc G. Fournier <scra...@hub.org> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, 12 May 2010, Greg Stark wrote: >>> >>>> I'm thinking I'll move -general (and the useless -novice) to another >>>> folder. But I'm left wondering what to do with -admin and -performance. >>>> They're a random mix of user content and developer content. I'll probably >>>> move them along with -general but that means I won't be likely to see any >>>> development discussion on them in the future >>> >>> There shouldn't be any dev discussions on them as it is ... that isn't >>> their mandate ... those are/were meant to be end-user lists, not developer >>> ones ... >> >> We know from experience that doesn't work. People just end up >> crossposting, because they're not sure people are on both lists. And >> then you want to move a discussion, which just means you have to CC in >> both lists, leading to even more duplication. >> >> If there was a clear distinction between end-user and dev it might >> make sense. That how commercial software companies tend to work - >> don't let devs talk to end users. That's not how we work. Forcing >> people to look in different places just throws hurdles in front of >> those trying to help out. > > What *are* you talking about? This doesn't seem to have anything related to > what I said :) > > All I was saying was that -performance and -admin are not development > discusion lists, not that developers aren't subscribed / talking on them ... > that doesn't make them any less end-user lists ...
Yes, and I'm saying there is no real difference between end-user, development, admin and performance. The amount of crossover is so large the distinction rapidly becomes pointless. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
