As a side note ... if/when the CFV is called and those 4 are
approved/rejected, that will not change what is available on
news.postgresql.org, it will only improve the propogation of those 4
specific groups so that more servers around the world carry them ...
On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, Mike Cox wrote:
> Obviously, there cannot be 21 postgresql groups in the comp.* hierarchy.
> Many of the 21 are not used that often, and would not be of much popularity
> to those on usenet.
>
> I did a check on news.postgresql.org to see which newsgroups are the most
> popular and also the ones which cover the relevant postgresql topics. Most
> of the postgresql topics and traffic are represented in these four
> newsgroups:
>
> comp.databases.postgresql.admin
> comp.databases.postgresql.general
> comp.databases.postgresql.hackers
> comp.databases.postgresql.sql
>
> These are the four newsgroups that will be in the next version of the RFD.
> The newsgroups will be unmoderated, although the posters will be moderated
> at the gateway side, with those who are subscribed will see their posts
> make it to usenet and the mailing list.
>
> A good way to think of this is that the subscription is a fast way to get
> through moderation. You have the option of not getting any emails.
>
> For those on the news.groups who are not familiar with postgresql, join
> news.postgresql.org and see the groups list. You will see that making
> these four groups proper members of the big 8 would solve most of the
> usenet problems since the other groups do not have nearly the same amount
> of traffic.
>
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