Re: Release notes introductory text - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Simon Riggs
Subject Re: Release notes introductory text
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Msg-id 1192171873.4233.486.camel@ebony.site
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In response to Re: Release notes introductory text  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 17:46 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > Kevin Grittner wrote:
> >> If the goal is to provide fair warning of a high-than-usual-risk
> >> release, you've got it covered.
> 
> > No, that was not the intent. The indent was to say we got a lot done in
> > one year.  You have a suggestion?
> 
> Yeah: take the entire paragraph out again.  I concur with Neil that
> it's nothing but marketing fluff, and inaccurate fluff at that.

I think it is important that we are up beat about what we have achieved,
but perhaps we should avoid opinions in the release notes.

Perhaps it should be part of the press release?

We should say that the release notes get discussed on -hackers and the
press releases get discussed on -advocacy. That way the scope is clear
and we can keep the marketing at arms length from the engineering. I
think we need both, but in appropriate places.

--  Simon Riggs 2ndQuadrant  http://www.2ndQuadrant.com



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