Re: List of Auxiliary Projects - Mailing list pgsql-www

On 4/9/20 6:59 PM, Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum wrote:
> On 29/03/2020 14:35, Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote:
>> On 3/28/20 1:30 AM, Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum wrote:
>>> On 23/02/2020 02:23, Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum wrote:
>>>> On 01/02/2020 01:31, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
>>>>> On 1/31/20 7:24 PM, Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum wrote:
>>>>>> On 01/02/2020 00:37, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
>>>>>>> On 1/31/20 5:50 PM, Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> following a discussion how a number of not-so-known PostgreSQL
>>>>>>>> projects
>>>>>>>> can be made more visible, attached is a first draft to list them
>>>>>>>> on the
>>>>>>>> website.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The draft lists three projects (pgweb, pgeu-system, pglister) as an
>>>>>>>> example, and moves the new site under "Community". More projects
>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>> more description and contact details should be added, of course.
>>>>>>> Seems like a good way to get people more involved.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The purpose of this patch is to see if "Community" is the right
>>>>>>>> place
>>>>>>>> for this kind of information, and also what other projects and
>>>>>>>> details
>>>>>>>> should be included.
>>>>>>> Are there any HTML templates? I only see the URL added in the
>>>>>>> context.
>>>>>> Actually, you are right. And the second part in my initial email just
>>>>>> repeated the "contexts.py" file, instead of adding the correct file.
>>>>>> Attached a new patch.
>>>>> OK, that makes much more sense ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> Feedback / bikeshedding:
>>>>>
>>>>> - I'd recommend putting the pith of the content in a subsection under
>>>>> "Developers". I don't see any issue linking to it from the community
>>>>> section (and perhaps rewriting the community page a bit to link to
>>>>> more
>>>>> of the "contributing areas", but the page is more about ways you can
>>>>> develop around things in PostgreSQL
>>>>>
>>>>> - I'm not sure how I feel about the term "Auxiliary" - it's not
>>>>> used so
>>>>> much any more and definitely prone to misspellings. Perhaps "Related
>>>>> Projects"?
>>>>>
>>>>> - I like the overall layout of the page and how there is content
>>>>> around
>>>>> each project. I think it's a good start.
>>>> I moved the website over from "community" to "development", and
>>>> renamed it.
>>>>
>>>> I also added a couple more projects, but ideas are still welcome.
>>> While working on GSoC projects, I found a couple more candidates
>>> for this website. New patch attached, still applies clean on pgweb.
>> looking at this I'm not sure why you added the lcov/code coverage to the
>> list - I find that going way to far in terms of what "the community"
>> uses, if we really go that far we need to add a ton of more or less
>> random pieces of software(homegrown or not).
>
> Reason was that I went to the main website and checked the projects
> I found there. But your explanation makes sense, and I removed it.
> All the other listed projects are PG-related.
>
>
> New patch attached.

Attached is another revision. I fixed up the HTML formatting and added
to and reworded several sections, as well as changed the URL.

If you believe this patch captures the spirit of what you are trying to
accomplish, I am happy to commit it.

Thanks,

Jonathan