Re: Silly Newbie question

Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>
>> Aaron Spiteri wrote:
>>
>>> I wish to create a an aggregate function and have read and re-read the
>>> 34.10 section of the 8.3 documentation as well as scanned through the
>>> fmgr header file.
>>>
>
>
>> This is not the correct forum for such questions. Please ask again on
>> pgsql-general. pgsql-hackers is about development of postgresql itself.
>>
>
> In the past we've encouraged people who are writing C-code additions
> to discuss on -hackers. I'm not sure that -general is a better place
> for that; what fraction of -general readers do you think are interested
> or qualified to help?
>
> I recall seeing similar questions lately on -novice, where they
> *surely* seem out of place. If we've scared people away from -hackers
> to the extent that they post C-code-hacking questions on -novice,
> I think there's something wrong...
>
>
>

OK, fair enough.

cheers

andrew