Weekly Posting: Mini-FAQ (Last Modified: Jun 7, 98) - Mailing list pgsql-general

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    Sponsorship - Our Thanks
    Banner Ads
    Pointers to Recommended URLs
    Listing of Mailing Lists/Newsgroups


Sponsorship - Our Thanks
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    We (the Core Group) would like to thank the following companies and
individuals for their contribution towards the day to day operations of the
system, in particular, aid towards the upcoming server upgrade:

            -NEW Sponsors-

        ConvectAir-NMT, Inc.

        Al Dev (Alavoor Vasudevan) <aldev@hotmail.com>
        Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
        Bristol-Myers Squibb <bruc@acm.org>
        Optim Systems, Inc
        Patrice Hede <patrice@idf.net>
        Software Builders <mguesdon@sbuilders.com>


Banner Ads
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    It has been decided that the banner ads will no longer be run on the
    PostgreSQL WWW Site...mainly due to 'cheese' factor, but also because
    nobody went for it...


Pointers to Recommended URLs
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    The following URLs are recommended reading for all users, new and old.

    http://www.postgresql.org
        - our "front door"

    http://www.postgresql.org/mhonarc
        - fully archived and searchable archives of the mailing lists
        - not all lists are converted, but the main ones are

    http://www.postgresql.org/docs
        - pointers to our online documentation, including:
            - General FAQ
            - OS specific FAQs (Linux/Irix are currently available)

    http://www.postgresql.org/software
        - a brief listing of various projects that are using PostgreSQL                   as their backend, as well as
softwarepackages available to  
                  augment PostgreSQL

    http://www.postgresql.org/cd-dist.shtml
        - starting with v6.3, we are doing CDrom distributions

    http://www.postgresql.org/fund-raising.shtml
        - we're upgrading our server, see what we are getting and how
                  the effort is going


Listing of Mailing Lists/Newsgroups
-----------------------------------

    All of the mailing lists listed below have a corresponding
newsgroup that there is a gateway from/to.  The following sites receive a
direct feed of the newsgroups from the central server.  Some also permit
external connections for reading/posting.

        news.postgresql.org (read/post)
        news.seascape.com (read/post)

        news.edu.sollentuna.se (read)

        news.uevora.pt (closed)
        news.pyrenet.fr (closed)
        news.ut.ee (closed)

    If you wish to receive the newsgroups directly on your site,
please contact scrappy@postgresql.org to setup a cross-feed.  There is a
loose propagation policy on the groups, in that some sites might see
sporatic postings in these groups as a result of purposeful leakage.
Unless your site receives a direct feed of these from our central server,
or one of the other servers listed above, don't expect it to be complete.


pgsql-questions@postgresql.org:

    - This is a general discussion area for users.
    - Outside of compile, acceptance test and bug problems, most new
      users who don't want to contribute to development or
      documentation will probably only be interested in this mailing
      list.
    - All non-bug related questions regarding PostgreSQL's version of
      SQL should be restricted to this area.
    - All installation related questions that do not involve bugs or failed
      compiles should be restricted to this area.
    - newsgroup: comp.databases.postgresql.questions

pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org:

    - This is meant to be a general discussion area for *interface* related
      issues (libpq, libpq++, pgaccess, python, etc)
    - newsgroup: comp.databases.postgresql.interfaces

pgsql-announce@postgresql.org:

    - This is an announcement list pertaining to PostgreSQL and
      various third party software.
    - newsgroup: comp.databases.postgresql.announce

pgsql-ports@postgresql.org:

    - This list is for porting related and platform specific discussions.
    - If PostgreSQL failed to compile on your computer then fill out
      the form typically located at /usr/src/pgsql/doc/bug.template
      and mail it here.
    - If you get PostgreSQL running on an unsupported platform, tell
      us how you did it here. And before you attempt the port, check
      the archives for this area to see if someone else has already
      done it.
    - newsgroup: comp.databases.postgresql.ports

pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org:

    - If PostgreSQL failed to compile on your computer, report this to
      pgsql-ports@postgresql.org. Do not report it here.
    - If you find bug, fill out the form typically located at
      "doc/bug.template" and mail it here.
    - newsgroup: comp.databases.postgresql.bugs

pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org:

    - The PostgreSQL developer's team lives here.
    - This list is for the discussion of current development issues,
      problems and bugs and the discussion of proposed new features.
    - If people in the other lists don't know the answer to a question
      and it is likely that only a developer will know the answer, you
      may re-post that question here. You must try elsewhere first!
    - newsgroup: comp.databases.postgresql.hackers

pgsql-docs@postgresql.org:

    - The PostgreSQL documentation team lives here.
    - If you come up with SQL examples that are not shown in the current
      man pages or manuals, please let us know here.
    - If you are looking for "secret" manuals, check here. Old manuals that
      are mostly not relevant or works in progress that are not ready for
      general distribution might be mentione here. But please don't ask us.
      Check the archives for examples.
    - newsgroup: comp.databases.postgresql.docs

pgsql-patches@postgresql.org:

    - Mail patches you created to this area. Explain what the patches do,
      and which source tree they are meant to be applied against.
    - This list also contains notices (normally from scrappy@hub.org) that
      the patch has been applied are posted here.
    - Discussion of any problems that a recent patch caused should also
      be here.
    - Please use a context diff (diff -c) when submitting patches. It would
      also be helpful if you checked whether your patches apply against
      the latest development source.
    - newsgroup: comp.databases.postgresql.patches

pgsql-mirrors@postgresql.org:

    - This is an announcement list for mirror sites.
    - If you don't run a PostgreSQL mirror site, please don't post here.