On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 13:20:20 -0800, Darren Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First of all, thanks to those of you who replied to my question. Very > helpful. > > At 3:18 PM +0000 11/23/04, Tim Bunce wrote: > >You've got a lot of good advice from others. I'll just add that > >dbi-users would have been a more appropriate forum for this :) > > Sorry.
I don't think it was an egregious error - if an error at all. It was a borderline case. I can see Tim's point; I can see yours. > At the time, I thought dbi-dev was more appropriate [...] You thought about - that's half the battle. There was a separate egregious abuse of dbi-dev by someone who had no reason to use it. Don't sweat it. > How does one know where to draw the line between what is relevant for > dbi-dev and what isn't? > > The official description of dbi-dev gives an approximate idea: > > Discussions among DBI/DBD implementors. You probably don't > need to be on this list unless you are writing C code to interface > Perl to some database. This list is for implementors only. > > However, a lot of people contribute to the development of DBI/DBD > besides those that own each module, and some modules have no C > component. Is this list strictly for those who have their own DBD > modules that they own? Or for those that provide assistence also? If you're developing modules that work with DBI, it is not always unreasonable to ask questions here rather than in dbi-users, though many of the questions could also be asked on dbi-users and would be appropriate there. > Here's a biggie ... > > Does it ever happen that you get people posting to other lists such > as poop-group or dbi-dev with issues that should be on dbi-dev? Is the question slightly confused? Occasionally a question is asked on dbi-users that belongs in dbi-dev, but not very often. The reverse is much more frequent. Outside the DBI mailing lists - yes, there are sometimes questions asked that belong on dbi-dev, but not often; dbi-users, sometimes. > Perhaps I will simply "play it safe" from now on and post all > DBI-related discussions to other lists, such as poop-group and > dbi-users. If any of them are relevant to DBI/DBD implementors, then > hopefully they will be visible to them there. If posted only to the poop-group, they won't be seen by me. What is it, and why should I even want to think about the possibility of subscribing? Using dbi-users is reasonable; I'd be surprised if any DBD developers were not also subscribed to dbi-users. -- Jonathan Leffler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> #include <disclaimer.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix - v2003.04 - http://dbi.perl.org "I don't suffer from insanity - I enjoy every minute of it."
