Re: pgsql-patches reply-to (was Re: [PATCHES] selecting

On Aug 17, 2006, at 9:30 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote:

>>>>> Ever since pgsql-patches replies started going to -hackers,
>>>>> threading doesn't work anymore, so I for one can't tell what this
>>>>> refers to at all.
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, that experiment hasn't seemed to work all that well for me
>>>> either. Do you have another idea to try, or do you just want to
>>>> revert to the old way?
>>>
>>> I'd vote for reverting to the old way. Anyone serious about hacking
>>> should be on both lists.
>
> Then why bother with two different lists?
>
> If developers need to be on both list (which I beleive they do),
> and the
> focus of both lists is developers, then why not just remove one of
> them
> and get rid of the problem?

One reason might be that a lot of application developers who develop
applications or modules associated with PG, but not the core PG code
itself also lurk on -hackers, as it's by far the best way to keep up
with
the status of various PG enhancements (and also an excellent place
to pick up a lot of undocumented good practices).

Cheers,
Steve