Обсуждение: Mailing list archives/docs project
Hello everybody. What started as a question about "Practical PostgreSQL" has ballooned into a project to create another documentation resource, compiled entirely from mailing list archives. While discussing documentation in the general list I realized that the resource I had learned the most from and had been the most helpful to me was the mailing lists themselves. It was from this thought that an idea was born. What if we compile a book of hand-picked mailing list archives to address some of the intermediate/advanced and less-used/documented features of postgresql along with well-written solutions to not-so-common problems? Well I've decided to run with it, both to further my own knowledge of postgreSQL but also to contribute back to the community in the first way that I thought of. The purpose of this message is a call for help. I'm looking for anybody willing to help comb the archives for exceptional excerpts or submit their own list questions/experiences. Anybody willing to help in any way is more than welcome, but the first (and arguably most arduous) stage of this project will be the information gathering itself, hence the plea. If anybody is interested in contributing, email me at tomhart@coopfed.org and we can go from there. And of course a big thanks to anybody that takes their time to answer or assist another person. I don't know about anybody being paid to be here so our thanks is all the compensation we can offer. Sorry it's not a BMW :-) -- Tom Hart IT Specialist Cooperative Federal 723 Westcott St. Syracuse, NY 13210 (315) 471-1116 ext. 202 (315) 476-0567 (fax)
On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:10:07 -0500 Tom Hart <tomhart@coopfed.org> wrote: > Hello everybody. What started as a question about "Practical > PostgreSQL" has ballooned into a project to create another [snip] I generally tend to write stuff that was not clear on my website. http://www.webthatworks.it/d1/taxonomy_menu/2/3/10/11 At this moment very few info... I was planning to publish some more notes that now are just local txt files. Other sources of info are: http://www.network-theory.co.uk/docs/postgresql/vol1/index.html and the other volumes http://www.postgresql.org/files/documentation/books/aw_pgsql/15467.html here there are good tech articles but hard to spot in all "non reference/example" material http://people.planetpostgresql.org/xzilla/ great resource for how-tos http://www.varlena.com/ I downloaded a: "annotated postgresq.conf guide for postgres in pdf but I can't find the source. I'm a dev not a DBA so I generally don't collect info about management and tuning. BTW nice drupal website. I'm looking for a drupal web designer. -- Ivan Sergio Borgonovo http://www.webthatworks.it
Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:10:07 -0500 > Tom Hart <tomhart@coopfed.org> wrote: > > >> Hello everybody. What started as a question about "Practical >> PostgreSQL" has ballooned into a project to create another >> > > [snip] > > I generally tend to write stuff that was not clear on my website. > http://www.webthatworks.it/d1/taxonomy_menu/2/3/10/11 > At this moment very few info... I was planning to publish some more > notes that now are just local txt files. > > Other sources of info are: > > http://www.network-theory.co.uk/docs/postgresql/vol1/index.html > and the other volumes > > http://www.postgresql.org/files/documentation/books/aw_pgsql/15467.html > > here there are good tech articles but hard to spot in all "non > reference/example" material > > http://people.planetpostgresql.org/xzilla/ > > great resource for how-tos > http://www.varlena.com/ > > I downloaded a: "annotated postgresq.conf guide for postgres in pdf > but I can't find the source. > > > I'm a dev not a DBA so I generally don't collect info about > management and tuning. > > BTW nice drupal website. I'm looking for a drupal web designer. > > Thanks for the response. The book/document itself will focus on the mailing list archives but I have forwarded the information onto the team that has assembled so far to look at the possibility of creating an "appendix" with extra information such as what's above. Also, I'm glad you like our site :-) The external site was developed by my supervisor, and I'm currently involved in developing our intranet on a separate drupal install. Unfortunately neither of us is very talented :-) but I know there's about 10 billion drupal developers and theme designers out there so it shouldn't be too hard to find somebody who can help you out. -- Tom Hart IT Specialist Cooperative Federal 723 Westcott St. Syracuse, NY 13210 (315) 471-1116 ext. 202 (315) 476-0567 (fax)