Re: Mailing list? was Postgress and MYSQL - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Mailing list? was Postgress and MYSQL
Date
Msg-id 22747.1074184570@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Mailing list? was Postgress and MYSQL  (Csaba Nagy <nagy@ecircle-ag.com>)
Responses Re: Mailing list? was Postgress and MYSQL  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>)
Re: Mailing list? was Postgress and MYSQL  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Csaba Nagy <nagy@ecircle-ag.com> writes:
> On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 16:14, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>> why not use pgsql-chat, which isn't being used at all right now ... ?

> I have the impression that these "Postgres vs MySQL vs XXX" stuff is
> regularly started up by newcomers to this list. So wherever you will
> decide to move it, it will still pop up here - the new-comers will know
> nothing about being elsewhere, except it is called something very-very
> suggestive, like "postgres-mysql-compare".
> Even then, it will pop up here too, and it carries the risk of heated
> answers even from long term subscribers. Could this be really moderated
> ?
> If there is to be a new list, please name it very-very suggestively,
> otherwise it has no point.

I think this analysis is dead-on.  Pointing to pgsql-chat won't
accomplish anything.

            regards, tom lane

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