Re: Mailing list? was Postgress and MYSQL

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