Re: Updating Sourceforge - Mailing list pgsql-www

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: Updating Sourceforge
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Msg-id CABUevEzJJymOU2WvFKRpK21R+qbDiun5+y47=L11UCjSHcOLdg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Updating Sourceforge  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
Responses Re: Updating Sourceforge  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
Re: Updating Sourceforge  ("Jonathan S. Katz" <jonathan.katz@excoventures.com>)
Re: Updating Sourceforge  ("Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg@turnstep.com>)
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On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> On 11 April 2013 19:50, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 7:47 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
>> wrote:
>> > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>> >> We again don't have anyone updating Sourceforge:
>> >>
>> >>         http://sourceforge.net/projects/pgsql/
>> >>
>> >> The posted version is 9.0.  I again suggest we remove it.
>> >
>> > And I again second this suggestion.
>>
>> Thirded.
>
>
> -1
>
> This is a form of advocacy for the project, just like listing anywhere else.

Is it really? Does anybody care about sourceforge these days?

And is it good advocacy if people go there and download old versions?

> Putting correct and useful information out there is what we should be trying
> to do more of, not less.
>
> I completely agree that you guys shouldn't do it, but that doesn't mean
> nobody does it at all.


We are clearly not capable of keeping the sourceforge records up to date.

We've had multiple different people in charge of it, and it has
*never* been updated on time more than once after a new person picks
it up. In this case, it's clearly lacking by *years*.

We do have the same issue at freshmeat, but at least there is no
*code* uploaded there.


> I'll arrange it, if you don't object.

While I don't trust you any less than the previous people who have
volunteered to maintain this and then failed one or two releases
later, I personally think we've reached the point where we should just
accept that we can't do it, and get rid of it. We can keep switching
maintainers, but in the end, I don't think it's worth it.

That's IMO, of course, others may vary.


--Magnus HaganderMe: http://www.hagander.net/Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/



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