Re: [GENERAL] I'm about to release the next postgresql RFD. Comments wanted.

2004-11-13 Thread pvaurio
The new proposal should have all of the lists. I am amazed that an unknown interloper is trying to dictate which lists should be voted on. I am affiliated with a network of over 60 PostgreSql users/developers, and I will e-mail each one of those people a ballot. If your next proposal does not conta

Re: [GENERAL] I'm about to release the next postgresql RFD. Comments wanted.

2004-11-13 Thread Klaas
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > comp.databases.postgresql.general How about just comp.databases.postgresql or (shudder) comp.databases.postgresql.misc? -Mike ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/readin

Re: [GENERAL] I'm about to release the next postgresql RFD. Comments wanted.

2004-11-13 Thread Sim Zacks
BTW, in Outlook Express if you are posting to the news.postgresql.org server it will not send a message to news.groups. So this message will not get there unless someone puts it there. If 4 are official and 16 are unofficial, why would that bother you? You can still access all of them the same way

Re: [GENERAL] I'm about to release the next postgresql RFD. Comments wanted.

2004-11-13 Thread Russ Allbery
In news.groups, Klaas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Mike Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> comp.databases.postgresql.general > How about just comp.databases.postgresql or (shudder) > comp.databases.postgresql.misc? In this particular situation, I think .general may actually be a better name tha

Re: [GENERAL] I'm about to release the next postgresql RFD. Comments wanted.

2004-11-13 Thread Klaas
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Bell) wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Klaas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > Mike Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> comp.databases.postgresql.general > > > >How about just comp.databases.postgresql or (shudder) > >comp.data

Re: [GENERAL] I'm about to release the next postgresql RFD. Comments wanted.

2004-11-13 Thread Rolf Østvik
Mike Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] berlin.de: > Obviously, there cannot be 21 postgresql groups in the comp.* hierarchy. I agree > I did a check on news.postgresql.org to see which newsgroups are the most > popular and also the ones which cover the relevant postgresql

Re: [GENERAL] I'm about to release the next postgresql RFD. Comments wanted.

2004-11-13 Thread Arthur L. Rubin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This is my last post to news.groups about this. Good. With any luck, Marc will block you from the mailing lists for spamming those lists. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend

Re: [GENERAL] I'm about to release the next postgresql RFD. Comments wanted.

2004-11-13 Thread Jon Bell
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Klaas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Mike Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> comp.databases.postgresql.general > >How about just comp.databases.postgresql or (shudder) >comp.databases.postgresql.misc? The whole point of this proposa

Re: [GENERAL] I'm about to release the next postgresql RFD. Comments wanted.

2004-11-13 Thread Brian Mailman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am affiliated with a network of over 60 PostgreSql users/developers, and I will e-mail each one of those people a ballot... You should not do that. Those ballots will be invalidated since only the official ballots that are posted or obtained directly from the votetaker a

Re: [GENERAL] I'm about to release the next postgresql RFD. Comments wanted.

2004-11-13 Thread Kenneth Downs
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The new proposal should have all of the lists. I am amazed that an > unknown interloper is trying to dictate which lists should be voted on. > I am affiliated with a network of over 60 PostgreSql users/developers, > and I will e-mail each one of those people a ballot. If

Re: [GENERAL] I'm about to release the next postgresql RFD. Comments wanted.

2004-11-09 Thread Mike Cox
Brian Mailman wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I am affiliated with a network of over 60 PostgreSql users/developers, >> and I will e-mail each one of those people a ballot... > > You should not do that. > > Those ballots will be invalidated since only the official ballots that > are post

[GENERAL] I'm about to release the next postgresql RFD. Comments wanted.

2004-11-09 Thread Mike Cox
Obviously, there cannot be 21 postgresql groups in the comp.* hierarchy. Many of the 21 are not used that often, and would not be of much popularity to those on usenet. I did a check on news.postgresql.org to see which newsgroups are the most popular and also the ones which cover the relevant pos