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Re: [pgsql-advocacy] PostgreSQL Certification

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> I agree except for that last bit.  Search is huge and relying only on
> word-of-mouth is silly when we have plenty of people who know how to
> optimize.

This is completely the wrong argument to be having.  Search engine issues 
are important only *after* you have a certification exam and program.  
Right now, you have a mailing list and presumably a trac archive, i.e. 
nothing.  Search issues are at least a year away.

So the important thing at this stage is getting the maximum number of 
useful community members to contribute to creating the certification.  Is 
that better done on -advocacy or on a separate list?  Is there any reason 
for a separate domain?

If I were organizing it, I'd create a separate list but on postgresql.org, 
e.g. pgsql-certification@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, to develop the certification, and 
maybe a 3ld for the trac, like certification.postgresql.org.  That gives 
the effort an instant "community" stamp.  It also limits the domain 
proliferation problem which was one of the chief complaints about our 
project 3 years ago before we rolled up the 6 domains what made up the 
main postgresql.org.

It would also mean that the list archives are searchable together with all 
the other postgresql.org list archives, an important point.

So, I'm in favor of a separate list, but think that having a separate 
domain is a mistake.  The separate domain says "this is a Drake and Selena 
effort and not a community effort" to those not involved.

-- 
--Josh

Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco

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