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"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> writes:
> On Thu, 13 May 2010, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> We tried that with pgsql-hackers-win32 and iirc also
>> pgsql-hackers-pitr, and it was a big failure...

> But, we are doing that now with pgsql-cluster-hackers and it looks to be 
> working quite well from what I can see ...

Is it?  If they want someplace where the majority of hackers won't see
the discussion, maybe, but I am not sure that's not counterproductive.
Ideas developed by a small group may or may not survive exposure when
they reach this list.

			regards, tom lane