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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2005-01-31 01:53:49 +0000
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2005-01-31 01:53:49 +0000
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Simplify FAQ item about obtaining support.
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alink="#0000ff">
<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
- <P>Last updated: Sun Jan 30 20:37:18 EST 2005</P>
+ <P>Last updated: Sun Jan 30 20:53:02 EST 2005</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)
@@ -218,65 +218,22 @@
<H4><A name="1.5">1.5</A>) Where can I get support?</H4>
- <P>The main mailing list is: <A href=
- "mailto:pgsql-general@PostgreSQL.org">pgsql-general@PostgreSQL.org</A>.
- 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):</P>
-<PRE>
- subscribe
- end
-</PRE>
-
- <P>to <A href=
- "mailto:pgsql-general-request@PostgreSQL.org">pgsql-general-request@PostgreSQL.org</A>.</P>
-
- <P>There is also a digest list available. To subscribe to this
- list, send email to: <A href=
- "mailto:pgsql-general-digest-request@PostgreSQL.org">pgsql-general-digest-request@PostgreSQL.org</A>
- with a body of:</P>
-<PRE>
- subscribe
- end
-</PRE>
-
- Digests are sent out to members of this list whenever the main list
- has received around 30k of messages.
-
- <P>The bugs mailing list is available. To subscribe to this list,
- send email to <A href=
- "mailto:pgsql-bugs-request@PostgreSQL.org">pgsql-bugs-request@PostgreSQL.org</A>
- with a body of:</P>
-<PRE>
- subscribe
- end
-</PRE>
-
- There is also a developers discussion mailing list available. To
- subscribe to this list, send email to <A href=
- "mailto:pgsql-hackers-request@PostgreSQL.org">pgsql-hackers-request@PostgreSQL.org</A>
- with a body of:
-<PRE>
- subscribe
- end
-</PRE>
-
- <P>Additional mailing lists and information about PostgreSQL can be
- found via the PostgreSQL WWW home page at:</P>
-
- <BLOCKQUOTE>
- <A href="http://www.PostgreSQL.org">http://www.PostgreSQL.org</A>
- </BLOCKQUOTE>
+ <P>The PostgreSQL community provides assistance to many of its users
+ via email. The main web site to subscribe to the email lists is
+ <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/community/lists/">
+ http://www.postgresql.org/community/lists/</a>. The <I>general</I>
+ or <I>bugs</I> lists are a good place to start.
<P>The major IRC channel is <I>#postgresql</I> on Freenode
(<I>irc.freenode.net</I>). To connect you can use the Unix
- command <CODE>irc -c '#postgresql' "$USER" irc.freenode.net</CODE>
+ program <CODE>irc -c '#postgresql' "$USER" irc.freenode.net</CODE>
or use any of the other popular IRC clients. A Spanish one also exists
on the same network, (<I>#postgresql-es</I>), and a French one,
(<I>#postgresqlfr</I>). There is also a PostgreSQL channel on EFNet.
<P>A list of commercial support companies is available at <A href=
- "http://techdocs.postgresql.org/companies.php">http://techdocs.postgresql.org/companies.php</A>.</P>
+ "http://techdocs.postgresql.org/companies.php">http://techdocs.postg
+ resql.org/companies.php</A>.</P>
<H4><A name="1.6">1.6</A>) What is the latest release?</H4>