On Jan 31, 2008, at 12:51 AM, Gregory Williamson wrote:
Bruce Momjian said:
> Tom Hart wrote:
> > I definitely think that the lists are one of the shining stars for
> > postgresql support. I've learned some good reference stuff from
online
> > docs/google but the really tricky questions were only answered
here, and
> > amazingly enough, quickly and with good humor. Perhaps what we
really
> > need is somebody to comb through the archives looking for common
> > problems or exceptional solutions and compile them into a "book".
>
> The good and bad news is that the best way to do things often
changes
> from release to release, hence the need to get the most current
> information from the mailing lists.
Although I have solved almost every problem I have come up against
in learning, partly with archives, I've often had to resort to
asking the list because finding relevant missives in the archives
can be hard if you don't know what month to look at, and even then
the search results can produce a lot incidental wanderings to get
to the solutions.
It seems that some intermediate ground (TWIKI or a document in some
format) might help with some of these questions, perhaps with
sections based on release.
That's an interesting idea. Is there a general audience/
participation wiki for Postgres? I know the developers have one, but
a user-oriented sister wiki would probably be a good way to get lots
of different people involved.
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