On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 09:28, Tom Lane wrote: > Greg Copeland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 22:20, Tom Lane wrote: > >> Simple: respond to 'em all with a one-line answer: "convince us why we > >> should use it". The burden of proof always seems to fall on the wrong > >> end in these discussions. > > > ... Now, it seems, that > > people don't want to answer questions at all as it's bothering the > > developers. > > Not at all. But rehashing issues that have been talked out repeatedly > is starting to bug some of us ;-). Perhaps the correct "standard > answer" is more like "this has been discussed before, please read the > list archives".
I agree. That sounds like a much more reasonable response. In fact, if you were to simply let the fledglings respond, it would completely take you guys out of the loop. Perhaps something like a Wiki or FAQ-O-Matic can be added whereby, the user base can help maintain it? That would seemingly help take some load off of Bruce too. Greg ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
