Posting to pgsql-hackers

[Daniel Wood]

First PG post ever. Slap me if you need to.

How long should I wait on a response after I "try elsewhere first"
before I can post a question to pgsql-hackers? I'm just trying to not
get off to a bad start.

My real question to follow.

[Bruce Momjian]

Post by Daniel Wood
First PG post ever. Slap me if you need to.
How long should I wait on a response after I "try elsewhere first"
before I can post a question to pgsql-hackers? I'm just trying to
not get off to a bad start.
My real question to follow.

Did you ask on general or novice? If you didn't get an answer on
general, I would try that. hackers is really for bugs and feature
stuff.
--
Bruce Momjian <***@momjian.us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com

+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +

[Daniel Wood]

I believe my question, posted to pgsql-novice just after this post, is
an actual bug/feature request. However, there is a rule "You must try
elsewhere first!".

I suspect the reason for the pgsql-hackers RULE is so that newbies, who
may not research if a question has been asked before, don't waste the
time of developers. The same thing applies to reporting bugs already
reported. You should do your homework.

I suspect the real rule is that:
Before posting to pgsql-hacker you either need to ask elsewhere
first or you better research the issue first to see if the problem has
already been answered or the bug already been reported. It you make too
many mistakes it will be frowned upon. As it should be.

I just wanted to see if "common sense" was the real rule. I've just
joined the PG community 3 hours ago and want to get off on the right
foot. However, I've been deep in DB internals for 18+ years so only
some of my questions will be off target.

Thanks, I'll probably do what is probably right and adjust as I get
slapped around. :-)

Post by Bruce Momjian

Post by Daniel Wood
First PG post ever. Slap me if you need to.
How long should I wait on a response after I "try elsewhere first"
before I can post a question to pgsql-hackers? I'm just trying to
not get off to a bad start.
My real question to follow.

Did you ask on general or novice? If you didn't get an answer on
general, I would try that. hackers is really for bugs and feature
stuff.

[Gavin Flower]

Hi Danial,

Please see the bottom of this post...

Post by Daniel Wood
I believe my question, posted to pgsql-novice just after this post, is
an actual bug/feature request. However, there is a rule "You must try
elsewhere first!".
I suspect the reason for the pgsql-hackers RULE is so that newbies,
who may not research if a question has been asked before, don't waste
the time of developers. The same thing applies to reporting bugs
already reported. You should do your homework.
Before posting to pgsql-hacker you either need to ask elsewhere
first or you better research the issue first to see if the problem has
already been answered or the bug already been reported. It you make
too many mistakes it will be frowned upon. As it should be.
I just wanted to see if "common sense" was the real rule. I've just
joined the PG community 3 hours ago and want to get off on the right
foot. However, I've been deep in DB internals for 18+ years so only
some of my questions will be off target.
Thanks, I'll probably do what is probably right and adjust as I get
slapped around. :-)

Post by Bruce Momjian

Post by Daniel Wood
First PG post ever. Slap me if you need to.
How long should I wait on a response after I "try elsewhere first"
before I can post a question to pgsql-hackers? I'm just trying to
not get off to a bad start.
My real question to follow.

Did you ask on general or novice? If you didn't get an answer on
general, I would try that. hackers is really for bugs and feature
stuff.

The policy on this lists: is to post at the bottom of the post- like I
what I have done here.

Cheers,
Gavin

<slaps Daniel hard>
<looks at wrist>
<wanders off, howling in pain>