Thread: Email signature in release announcement posting
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. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
Bruce Momjian wrote: > 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. > > Well, I at least was not even slightly offended. Some people are way too sensitive in my opinion. cheers andrew (Pastafarian)
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
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. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +