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

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: Release notes introductory text
Date
Msg-id 20071012072923.GA6334@svr2.hagander.net
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In response to Re: Release notes introductory text  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
List pgsql-hackers
On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 07:51:13AM +0100, Simon Riggs wrote:
> 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?

It certainly sounds a lot more like press release than release notes to me...

//Magnus


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