Re: 9.2beta web issues

On 07/11/2012 10:46 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> 
>> +1.  Adding a mailing list is not exactly the hardest part of getting
>> a formal QA effort going.  Moreover, if the previous rationale for having
>> pgsql-testing was that it was a place where newbies could feel sheltered
>> while posting bug reports, how are the existing subscribers going to
>> relate to what Josh is now suggesting?  Repurposing this list for that
>> usage seems entirely inappropriate.
> 
> Well, the ones who've spoken up would be fine with it.  But I'm not sure
> how many people are on now.
> 
> If we kill the list, though, I'll be directing people to submit
> *successful* test reports (i.e. "this worked") to pgsql-bugs.  Please
> make sure that's what you want.

well checking the archives on pgsql-testers (on a quick look) only
turned up a SINGLE "successful" test report in the last two years among
a hundred or so of "this is a bug or looks broken" ones which are just
fine for -bugs, so I dont see how that will be a problem...


Stefan