To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
cc: Greg Sabino Mullane <greg@turnstep.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: List traffic 
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Comments: In-reply-to "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
	message dated "Fri, 14 May 2010 11:42:09 -0300"
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 11:21:22 -0400
Message-ID: <25805.1273850482@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> writes:
> why not close down -general so that ppl *have* to use better pick where to 
> post their question ...

I can't imagine that there's not going to need to be a "catchall" list
for problems that don't fit into any of the subcategories.

More generally, we already have most of the lists that you suggest, and
we already know that people frequently don't find the most appropriate
list for postings.  I don't think getting rid of -general would help
that in the least.  The way to cut down on misposted traffic is to make
the set of categories smaller and simpler, not to redouble our efforts
to persuade people to use the same or even more categories.

BTW, as far as "no crossposting" goes: usually when I find myself doing
that, it's to redirect a thread that started on -bugs or -general into
-hackers.  I don't see the need for that going away.

			regards, tom lane