Re: Silly Newbie question

Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
>   
>> Aaron Spiteri wrote:
>>     
>>> I wish to create a an aggregate function and have read and re-read the 
>>> 34.10 section of the 8.3 documentation as well as scanned through the 
>>> fmgr header file.
>>>       
>
>   
>> This is not the correct forum for such questions. Please ask again on 
>> pgsql-general. pgsql-hackers is about development of postgresql itself.
>>     
>
> In the past we've encouraged people who are writing C-code additions
> to discuss on -hackers.  I'm not sure that -general is a better place
> for that; what fraction of -general readers do you think are interested
> or qualified to help?
>
> I recall seeing similar questions lately on -novice, where they
> *surely* seem out of place.  If we've scared people away from -hackers
> to the extent that they post C-code-hacking questions on -novice,
> I think there's something wrong...
>
>     
>   

OK, fair enough.

cheers

andrew