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To: PostgreSQL WWW <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Small suggestion
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:15:53 -0700
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On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 09:22:38AM -0400, Robert Treat wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 22:05, David Fetter wrote:
> > Kind people,
> >
> > I'd like to propose putting a link to
> >
> > irc://irc.freenode.net/postgresql
> >
> > somewhere near the top of the front page of www.postgresql.org? I
> > think it would help newcomers quite a bit.
> >
> > What do you all think?
>
> Honestly? I think people using irc are a dieing breed :-)
Everybody who is not already dead is dying. Was there some point you
had to make here?
> People are probably better off going through the lists anyway, since
> it exposes them to a wider list of helpers and their problems get
> archived for others who follow. I do think we should have a mention
> in the FAQ (which I think we do) and possible a link in the "lists"
> section since it seems to most resemble a "get help" section...
Something like "For quick, free help on-line, try
irc://irc.freenode.net/postgresql" doesn't interfere with any of
this, and it would help some people. Redundant, heterogeneous systems
are good.
Cheers,
D
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