Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-12-30 Thread Elliot Chance
On 31/12/2010, at 12:43 AM, Carlos Mennens wrote: > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Thom Brown wrote: >> I know this topic has gone quiet, I still think it's worth investing >> time and resources in. I don't expect any progress to be made until >> the new year now, but I hope we can continue t

Fwd: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-12-30 Thread Elliot Chance
Sorry folks, this is an old message I forgot to copy pgsql-general on. Begin forwarded message: > From: Elliot Chance > Date: 21 December 2010 11:48:07 AM AEDT > To: Thom Brown > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2 > > On 21/12/2010, at 11:26 AM, Thom Brown

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-12-30 Thread Carlos Mennens
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Thom Brown wrote: > I know this topic has gone quiet, I still think it's worth investing > time and resources in.  I don't expect any progress to be made until > the new year now, but I hope we can continue this after the Christmas > period is over. > > And nice wo

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-12-20 Thread Thom Brown
On 29 November 2010 04:31, Elliot Chance wrote: > Discussion will continue on the wiki page: > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Forums_at_postgresql.com.au > > Even though the discussion has moved I still intent to keep pushing the > issues to a resolution. The wiki is not shelving the idea for an

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-28 Thread Elliot Chance
Discussion will continue on the wiki page: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Forums_at_postgresql.com.au Even though the discussion has moved I still intent to keep pushing the issues to a resolution. The wiki is not shelving the idea for another time. On 23/11/2010, at 8:42 PM, Thom Brown wrote:

Re: Fwd: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-23 Thread Thom Brown
On 22 November 2010 14:05, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Magnus Hagander wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 16:54, Bruce Momjian wrote: >> > Elliot Chance wrote: >> >> > Also, if someone registers on the forum, do they get a major domo >> >> > registration email? ?And if so, would this be set to receive

Re: Fwd: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-22 Thread Bruce Momjian
Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 16:54, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Elliot Chance wrote: > >> > Also, if someone registers on the forum, do they get a major domo > >> > registration email? ?And if so, would this be set to receive no emails > >> > upon registration? ?I'm not clear as

Re: Fwd: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-21 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 16:54, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Elliot Chance wrote: >> > Also, if someone registers on the forum, do they get a major domo >> > registration email?  And if so, would this be set to receive no emails >> > upon registration?  I'm not clear as to how this step would work beca

Re: Fwd: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-20 Thread Bruce Momjian
Elliot Chance wrote: > > Also, if someone registers on the forum, do they get a major domo > > registration email? And if so, would this be set to receive no emails upon > > registration? I'm not clear as to how this step would work because, at the > > moment, mailing list subscribers have to

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-20 Thread Bruce Momjian
Stephen Cook wrote: > On 11/16/2010 10:51 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > What I'm more interested in is still a word from the people who would > > actually *use* a forum on how this would be better than sites like > > Nabble and Gmane. > > I'm one of those. I'm subscribed to these mailing lists si

Fwd: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-20 Thread Elliot Chance
Apple Mail has not been copying the mailing list, so excuse the reposts if you got one. Begin forwarded message: > From: Elliot Chance > Date: 16 November 2010 4:57:27 PM AEDT > To: Craig Ringer > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2 > > On 16/11/2010, at 2:0

Fwd: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-20 Thread Elliot Chance
Apple Mail has not been copying the mailing list, so excuse the reposts if you got one. Begin forwarded message: > From: Elliot Chance > Date: 15 November 2010 9:02:43 PM AEDT > To: Thom Brown > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2 > > On 15/11/2010, at 8:37 PM

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-17 Thread Elliot Chance
Some more changes: * Added a profile field so you can enter your real name. Your real name is public but optional. If your real name is present then emails sent to the mailing list will use that instead of your forum name. * Mail parsing script will automatically pick up your real name. This me

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-17 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 00:00, Elliot Chance wrote: > > On 17/11/2010, at 6:22 AM, Stephen Cook wrote: > >> On 11/16/2010 10:51 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: >>> What I'm more interested in is still a word from the people who would >>> actually *use* a forum on how this would be better than sites lik

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-16 Thread Elliot Chance
On 17/11/2010, at 6:22 AM, Stephen Cook wrote: > On 11/16/2010 10:51 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> What I'm more interested in is still a word from the people who would >> actually *use* a forum on how this would be better than sites like >> Nabble and Gmane. > > I'm one of those. I'm subscribed

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-16 Thread Stephen Cook
On 11/16/2010 10:51 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: What I'm more interested in is still a word from the people who would actually *use* a forum on how this would be better than sites like Nabble and Gmane. I'm one of those. I'm subscribed to these mailing lists simply because it is the only way I

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-16 Thread Craig Ringer
On 17/11/2010 12:01 AM, Michael Gould wrote: Personally I don't care what kind of "forum" interface is used. I just don't like the email because while I like to follow the forum, I spend a lot of time out of the office and I don't like to have to download all of that mail just to keep up. I'd m

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-16 Thread Michael Gould
Personally I don't care what kind of "forum" interface is used. I just don't like the email because while I like to follow the forum, I spend a lot of time out of the office and I don't like to have to download all of that mail just to keep up. I'd much rather use something that I can access from

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-16 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 16:40, Craig Ringer wrote: > On 11/16/2010 08:43 PM, Elliot Chance wrote: >> >> Alrighty, here are the revised plans for beta3: >> >> --- Changes / Fixes >> >> * Without a doubt everyone one wants the forums to match the mailing >> lists. I personally think that this defeat

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-16 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 13:43, Elliot Chance wrote: > Alrighty, here are the revised plans for beta3: > > * The second largest issue is that of the email address to assign to emails > created by forum posts. I don't know the internals of how the mailing list > software works, but some thoughts;

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-16 Thread Craig Ringer
On 11/16/2010 08:43 PM, Elliot Chance wrote: Alrighty, here are the revised plans for beta3: --- Changes / Fixes * Without a doubt everyone one wants the forums to match the mailing lists. I personally think that this defeats the whole purpose of a forum, but i'm here to do what the community

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-16 Thread Elliot Chance
Alrighty, here are the revised plans for beta3: --- Changes / Fixes * Without a doubt everyone one wants the forums to match the mailing lists. I personally think that this defeats the whole purpose of a forum, but i'm here to do what the community thinks is best. The extra forums that are not

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-16 Thread Willy-Bas Loos
Hi, Something isn't going right: http://forums.postgresql.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=96 Contains 2 issues. I participated in both, but my reply to the second issue is not included in the forum. If you need me to show you the emails or whatever, just ask. btw: great stuff! :) Cheers, WBL On T

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-16 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:59, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Tuesday 16 November 2010 10:30:05 Magnus Hagander wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 03:45, Elliot Chance wrote: >> > I have made some major changes "beta2" >> >> >> >> > Extra thoughts; >> > >> > It would not be practical for the forums to

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-16 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 11:11, Thom Brown wrote: > On 16 November 2010 09:30, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> >> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 03:45, Elliot Chance wrote: >> > I have made some major changes "beta2" >> >> >> > Extra thoughts; >> > >> > It would not be practical for the forums to create a du

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-16 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Tuesday 16 November 2010 10:30:05 Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 03:45, Elliot Chance wrote: > > I have made some major changes "beta2" > > > > > Extra thoughts; > > > > It would not be practical for the forums to create a dummy mailing list > > email address per person or

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-16 Thread Thom Brown
On 16 November 2010 09:30, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 03:45, Elliot Chance wrote: > > I have made some major changes "beta2" > > > > Extra thoughts; > > > > It would not be practical for the forums to create a dummy mailing list > > email address per person or forum, > >

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-16 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 03:45, Elliot Chance wrote: > I have made some major changes "beta2" > Extra thoughts; > > It would not be practical for the forums to create a dummy mailing list email > address per person or forum, Why? It doesn't have to be actual mailboxes, but it needs to be a deli

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-16 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 07:00, Elliot Chance wrote: > On 16/11/2010, at 2:01 PM, Craig Ringer wrote: >> Have you been in touch with the Pg list admins to make sure they're cool >> with this? > > At this point its a good idea, who is the best person(s) to contact? I want > to make sure anything I

Fwd: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-15 Thread Elliot Chance
On 16/11/2010, at 2:01 PM, Craig Ringer wrote: > On 15/11/10 17:37, Thom Brown wrote: > >> That's actually some good work you've done there! I didn't know phpBB >> supported bidirectional mailing list support. > > Yikes. Neither did I. I've always seen phpBB as the barren wasteland of > web for

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-15 Thread Craig Ringer
On 15/11/10 17:37, Thom Brown wrote: > That's actually some good work you've done there! I didn't know phpBB > supported bidirectional mailing list support. Yikes. Neither did I. I've always seen phpBB as the barren wasteland of web forums - forums full of half-page animated GIF signatures separ

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-15 Thread Elliot Chance
I have made some major changes "beta2" 1. For now the forums have been set to read only, this is to prevent anyone posting a response (as it doesn't send emails back to the mailing list yet.) 2. Added a bunch of new forums to match the mailing lists, also have subscribed to all main mailing lis

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-15 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 11:08, Elliot Chance wrote: > On 15/11/2010, at 8:37 PM, Thom Brown wrote: >> I know this is a sensitive issue with some people, i've made sure no >> information is posted thats not already currently being indexed by google. >> >> The only maintenance I can see is that all

Fwd: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-15 Thread Elliot Chance
On 15/11/2010, at 8:37 PM, Thom Brown wrote: > On 15 November 2010 08:34, Elliot Chance wrote: > Hi again, > > I've taken in all the feedback about http://forums.postgresql.com.au and the > general consensus is that nobody wants a separate entity - a few people > mentioned that if it was inter

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-15 Thread Thom Brown
On 15 November 2010 08:34, Elliot Chance wrote: > Hi again, > > I've taken in all the feedback about http://forums.postgresql.com.au and > the general consensus is that nobody wants a separate entity - a few people > mentioned that if it was interoperable with the mailing list that it would > be

[GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-15 Thread Elliot Chance
Hi again, I've taken in all the feedback about http://forums.postgresql.com.au and the general consensus is that nobody wants a separate entity - a few people mentioned that if it was interoperable with the mailing list that it would be better. So I did. The concept goes like this; 1. Any post