Re: I spoke with Marc from the postgresql mailing list. - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Gary L. Burnore
Subject Re: I spoke with Marc from the postgresql mailing list.
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Msg-id cn46h3$5f3$2@blackhelicopter.databasix.com
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In response to I spoke with Marc from the postgresql mailing list.  (Mike Cox <mikecoxlinux@yahoo.com>)
Responses Re: I spoke with Marc from the postgresql mailing list.
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On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 00:29:05 -0500, JanWieck@Yahoo.com (Jan Wieck)
wrote:

>On 11/7/2004 8:06 PM, Brian {Hamilton Kelly} wrote:
>> On Sunday, in article <2v7e2fF2h9nkcU1@uni-berlin.de>
>>      mikecoxlinux@yahoo.com "Mike Cox" wrote:
>>
>>> Also, he pointed out that for those who want to get the postgresql groups
>>> when their usenet sever doesn't carry them, the solution would be to point
>>> their newsreaders to news.postgresql.org.
>>
>> Which only confirms my opinion that he's a fuckwit.
>
>And you think that sort of comment makes your opinion welcome here?
>
>I haven't used usenet news for a few years, and I am shocked by the loss
>of quality over there. Certain technical groups used to be very much on
>the level of politeness and respect, our mailing lists reflect.

They still are.  That which you see from the likes of Brian aren't the
norm in comp.* groups.

>If this is what we can expect if we encourage more ISP's to carry our lists,
>then I am strictly for "discouraging". Maybe our goal should not be to
>make the PostgreSQL lists available by default on every news server.

This isn't about encouraging ISP's to carry your lists. It's about
fixing a problem caused by your list's gateways.



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