On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 16:40, Craig Ringer <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 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 connected with a mailing list will be removed. And some of the >> forums renamed - i'll leave that part up to you to decide amongst >> yourselves. > > On a bit of a side-note, I'm increasingly wishing Stack Overflow had a mail > interface. I take Greg's point that it's an increasingly key place for > people (especially people not otherwise engaged in the community) to seek > information and help. It's a pity that there doesn't seem to be a good way > to connect the StackOverflow postgresql discussion in some way that makes it > more visible on the main community resources. > > I think Greg may have a point when questioning whether adding a forum > interface is overly useful, given that Stack Overflow already exists and > doesn't see all that much attention. OTOH, maybe forums will draw people who > otherwise ask on S.O. to the community, providing a bit of a bridge. It's > worth a try. I think stack overflow is something different, though, with it's rating systems and such. 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. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
