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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2005-01-31 01:53:49 +0000
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
- Last updated: Sun Jan 30 20:37:18 EST 2005
+ Last updated: Sun Jan 30 20:53:02 EST 2005
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
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1.5) Where can I get support?
- The main mailing list is: pgsql-general@PostgreSQL.org. It is
- available for discussion of matters pertaining to PostgreSQL. To
- subscribe, send mail with the following lines in the body (not the
- subject line):
- subscribe
- end
-
- to pgsql-general-request@PostgreSQL.org.
-
- There is also a digest list available. To subscribe to this list, send
- email to: pgsql-general-digest-request@PostgreSQL.org with a body of:
- subscribe
- end
-
- Digests are sent out to members of this list whenever the main list
- has received around 30k of messages.
-
- The bugs mailing list is available. To subscribe to this list, send
- email to pgsql-bugs-request@PostgreSQL.org with a body of:
- subscribe
- end
-
- There is also a developers discussion mailing list available. To
- subscribe to this list, send email to
- pgsql-hackers-request@PostgreSQL.org with a body of:
- subscribe
- end
-
- Additional mailing lists and information about PostgreSQL can be found
- via the PostgreSQL WWW home page at:
+ The PostgreSQL community provides assistance to many of its users via
+ email. The main web site to subscribe to the email lists is
+ http://www.postgresql.org/community/lists/. The general or bugs lists
+ are a good place to start.
- http://www.PostgreSQL.org
-
The major IRC channel is #postgresql on Freenode (irc.freenode.net).
- To connect you can use the Unix command irc -c '#postgresql' "$USER"
+ To connect you can use the Unix program irc -c '#postgresql' "$USER"
irc.freenode.net or use any of the other popular IRC clients. A
Spanish one also exists on the same network, (#postgresql-es), and a
French one, (#postgresqlfr). There is also a PostgreSQL channel on
EFNet.
A list of commercial support companies is available at
- http://techdocs.postgresql.org/companies.php.
+ http://techdocs.postg resql.org/companies.php.
1.6) What is the latest release?