Preview of Fourth PostgreSQL RFD.

The following is a preview of the 4th PostgreSQL RFD. Please suggest any
changes or improvements. I will send it to the NAN team Sunday night. It
can take up to a week to be posted by the NAN team, so I'll try to get the
bugs out of the RFD before I give it to them. :-)

P.S. feel free to post a patch so I can just patch the RFD if everyone likes
your changes. ;-)

REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
unmoderated group comp.databases.postgresql

This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of
the worldwide unmoderated Usenet newsgroup comp.databases.postgresql.
This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time.
Procedural details are below.

CHANGES:

The changes from the previous RFD are:

1. Changed the term "private hierarchy" to "public pgsql.* hierarchy" in the
rational to describe the pgsql.* usenet PostgreSQL hierarchy.

2. Added Security topics to the charter.

3. Added Scalability topics to the charter.

4. Added permission to post a weekly Official FAQ that includes information
about the mailing lists, pgsql.* hierarchies, PostgreSQL IRC. A bot is
allowed to post the Official FAQ.

5. Re-Organized the Charter to make it easier to read with more headings.

RATIONALE: comp.databases.postgresql

To provide a Big Eight newsgroup for users of the PostgreSQL Relational
Database Management System. Currently there are mailing lists gated to the
public pgsql.* hierarchy. Issues with mailing list gateways, and the much
larger distribution of the Big Eight hierarchy make it extremely desirable
to have a PostgreSQL group in the Big Eight.

CHARTER: comp.databases.postgresql

The newsgroup comp.databases.postgresql is a Big Eight Usenet discussion
group for the PostgreSQL Relational Database Management System. Topics of
discussion may include:

ADMINISTRATION
*Discussions pertaining to the administration, compilation and installation
of PostgreSQL.
*Announcements of new versions of PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL related software,
and documentation.
*Administration of PostgreSQL interfaces, including JDBC and ODBC.
*Administration and installation of the Contrib packages.
*Point in Time Recovery, backups.
*Startup scripts, or scripts that automate PostgreSQL related tasks.

DEVELOPING WITH POSTGRESQL
*Programming using PostgreSQL. Stored Procedures, Server-Side functions
written in C, PL/pgSQL,PL/Perl, and other languages.
*Developing with PostgreSQL interfaces, including JDBC and ODBC.

GENERAL
*General discussions of PostgreSQL.
*PostgreSQL Promotional ideas, etc.
*Assisting beginners in using the PostgreSQL Relational Database Management
system. Help answer basic questions.
*Discussions of the Contrib packages.

SCALABLITY
*PostgreSQL performance, benchmarking and related topics.
*Replication
*Hardware, Software configurations and recommendations for optimal
PostgreSQL operation. Examples are x86-64, Non Uniform Memory Access, etc.

SECURITY
*Announcements of patches that fix vulnerabilities. Bug reports and
PostgreSQL core development should be directed to the mailing lists that
deal with those topics.
*Best practices to design and keep PostgreSQL secure.
*SSH, SSL, the Crypto Contrib packages, and other security topics.

SQL
*Normalization and theory as it applies to PostgreSQL.
*Transactions, Indices, Cursors, Triggers, and Nested Transactions.
*PostgreSQL specific topics such as Objects.
*Help with SQL.

An Official Weekly FAQ may be posted that includes information
about the mailing lists, pgsql.* hierarchies, PostgreSQL IRC. A bot is
allowed to post the Official FAQ.

Posting of binaries is not permitted, with the exception of digital
signatures such as PGP.

Core PostgreSQL development, bug reports, are off-topic in
comp.databases.postgresql. Those topics are to be discussed in pgsql.* or
the PostgreSQL mailing lists.

END CHARTER.

PROCEDURE:

This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes. In this phase
of the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroups
should be raised and resolved. The discussion period will continue
for a minimum of 21 days (starting from when the first RFD for this
proposal is posted to news.announce.newgroups), after which a Call For
Votes (CFV) may be posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussion
warrants it. Please do not attempt to vote until this happens.

All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.

This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation
guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and "How
to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal." Please refer to these
documents (available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have any
questions about the process.

DISTRIBUTION:

This RFD has been posted to the following newsgroups:

news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, comp.databases,
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc, pgsql.general

Proponent: Mike Cox <mikecoxlinux(at)yahoo(dot)com>