Re: [pgsql-www] New Mailing List : pgsql-gui-dev@postgresql.org ?

Le 29.11.2017 15:24, Simon Riggs a écrit :
> On 29 November 2017 at 20:29, Damien Clochard <damien@dalibo.info> 
> wrote:
> 
>> I'm sorry to insist but my original message was a month ago and I have 
>> no
>> idea how to proceed...
> 
> Back in 2004, there was huge interest in setting up a special list to
> discuss PITR. We did, then everyone waited for me to write the
> feature.
> 
> As a result we said "no more special purpose lists".
> 
> If anybody is actually planning to write emails to this list, why not
> start writing them now? Why wait?
> 
> Just use the prefix "GUI". If we get enough people writing emails and
> code, then maybe a special list is worth having.

To be honest my first intention was to set up a mailing list with google 
groups just after the Warsaw meeting and start discussions right away. 
But many people thought that having the list hosted on the 
postgresql.org infra would send a strong message that the Postgres 
community recognizes and supports the efforts to build better graphics 
tools. This is why I asked for a new list here.

Now if you ask "why Graphic tools developpers do not currently send 
their messages on some existing list ?". I would say that most of them 
are not deeply involved in the postgres community and they don't feel 
comfortable posting on the psql-hackers or some other lists because the 
Postgres community does not seem to be a very supportive for UI 
developpers and designers. I'm not saying it's true, I'm just saying 
that psql-hackers does not sound like a place to discuss about UI/UX 
design :)

I've searched for an existing mailing lists where those discussions 
would be welcomed and I couldn't find any. If you have something to 
suggest, I'm all ears !

-- 
Damien Clochard