On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 01:01:05PM -0600, Ross J. Reedstrom wrote: > On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 03:45:17PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > Excerpts from Tom Lane's message of lun mar 07 15:16:31 -0300 > > 2011: > > > > > If we do that then it becomes worth wondering what the -docs > > > list is for at all. Maybe we *should* get rid of it; I dunno. > > > I see your point about how the factual issues involved in a docs > > > change ought to be vetted on -hackers, but on the other hand the > > > traffic on -hackers is so high already that I'm not happy about > > > folding another list with a reasonably distinct charter into it. > > > > Searching for doc changes/suggestions is helped tremendously by > > having them in a separate list. -1 for merging it with -hackers. > > I have no opinion on the -hackers crossposting issue as it doesn't > > affect me at all. > > Definitely don't merge. Crossposting, I think, should be reserved > for significant factual changes to docs of features that are in > current development, like ... syncrep. :-) Basically, keep docs work > on docs, but cross-post to hackers when a cross-check is needed. > Don't routinely crosspost, lest that train hackers to ignore the > docs posts. After all, we insist that developers of patches submit > docs: correct documentation is a valid concern for all developers. > > Ross P.S. Everyone is aware of the settings for majordomo, so you > only get one of any crosspost, right?
It's not that simple. If it were, I wouldn't have been asking for this in the first place. Re: docs, I'd actually like to see that list gone, as the separation of docs from code is one that's actively unhelpful. We don't have a separate "docs" team, and we rightly put the responsibility of documenting changes on the person or people patching them in. Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fet...@gmail.com iCal: webcal://www.tripit.com/feed/ical/people/david74/tripit.ics Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
