Thread: Re: [HACKERS] Email signature in release announcement posting

Re: [HACKERS] Email signature in release announcement posting

From
Josh Berkus
Date:
Bruce, All,

(x-posting to Advocacy, hopefully to forestall flames)

> I want to apologize for having my signature at the bottom of the 8.2.4,
> etc. release announcement.  There is no reason to mention my name,
> company, and web site at the bottom of something that is supposed to
> come from the community.  And I didn't even write that email --- I was
> doing it for someone else.  I also didn't realize my email would be
> picked up, verbatum, by web sites:
>
>     http://lwn.net/Articles/231517/
>
> As soon as I saw the posted version I knew the signature looked odd. I
> will try to remember to remove it in the future if I ever have to make
> such announcements again.

Gah. Well, we learn something every time.  I think we should create a
bruce@postgresql.org account for you just to post official notices; this will
also prevent you from accidentally using the wrong sig line (depending on
MTA); it's what I do.

--
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco

Re: [HACKERS] Email signature in release announcement posting

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Josh Berkus wrote:
> Bruce, All,
>
> (x-posting to Advocacy, hopefully to forestall flames)
>
> > I want to apologize for having my signature at the bottom of the 8.2.4,
> > etc. release announcement.  There is no reason to mention my name,
> > company, and web site at the bottom of something that is supposed to
> > come from the community.  And I didn't even write that email --- I was
> > doing it for someone else.  I also didn't realize my email would be
> > picked up, verbatum, by web sites:
> >
> >     http://lwn.net/Articles/231517/
> >
> > As soon as I saw the posted version I knew the signature looked odd. I
> > will try to remember to remove it in the future if I ever have to make
> > such announcements again.
>
> Gah. Well, we learn something every time.  I think we should create a
> bruce@postgresql.org account for you just to post official notices; this will

I am momjian@postgresql.org.  Yea, I could use that to post.  Never even
thought of that.

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