Re: 8.4 release draft in progress ... - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Josh Williams
Subject Re: 8.4 release draft in progress ...
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Msg-id 1243570595.1102.12.camel@godzilla.local.scalefeather.com
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In response to Re: 8.4 release draft in progress ...  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Responses 8.4 release draft: a new tack  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 15:13 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Josh,
>
> > Yes, but it's one of 50-or-so features which matter to existing
> > production Postgres DBAs, and not to people who haven't used it before.
> > We want to keep the features oriented towards people who aren't already
> > intimate with PostgreSQL; those will read the internal release and the
> > release notes.
>
> Mind you, what this *does* point out is that everyone has their favorite
> feature which is going to improve their lives ... and it's not
> necessarily the headliners.

Yep, good point; line removed.  Have to remember this is effectively the
"executive summary" of the release.  If it could leave some people
scratching their heads, less is probably more.  As you said, brevity. :)

- Josh Williams



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