Thread: Changes to Contributor List
Folks, If possible, for the upcoming release we'd like to get the Contributor List on developer.postgresql.org updated. Can everyone please take a gander at: http://developer.postgresql.org/bios.php ... and tell me what's out of date other than me & Vadim? i.e.: A) What contributors are missing from the list? B) What contributors are listed under Major Developers who haven't contributed any code since 7.1.0? C) Who needs their e-mail address updated? D) Who needs their description updated? (Text, please ... I won't write it) -- -Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> B) What contributors are listed under Major Developers who haven't
> contributed any code since 7.1.0?
I think we had agreed that formerly-listed contributors would not be
deleted, but would be moved to a new section titled "Contributors
Emeritus" or some such. Please make sure that Tom Lockhart and Vadim
get listed that way, at least.
regards, tom lane
Tom, > I think we had agreed that formerly-listed contributors would not be > deleted, but would be moved to a new section titled "Contributors > Emeritus" or some such. Please make sure that Tom Lockhart and Vadim > get listed that way, at least. Yeah, I was thinking of moving them from "Major Contributors" to just "Contributors". We'd rather have a "Past Contributors"? -- -Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
Tom Lane wrote: > Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes: > > B) What contributors are listed under Major Developers who haven't > > contributed any code since 7.1.0? > > I think we had agreed that formerly-listed contributors would not be > deleted, but would be moved to a new section titled "Contributors > Emeritus" or some such. Please make sure that Tom Lockhart and Vadim > get listed that way, at least. Yes, I think we are going to use that Emeritus list only for special contributors who aren't involved any more. I think Brian ??? would be a good addition too. He was around during 1.X and 6.X. Marc? Remember? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
Tom Lane wrote: > Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes: > > B) What contributors are listed under Major Developers who haven't > > contributed any code since 7.1.0? > > I think we had agreed that formerly-listed contributors would not be > deleted, but would be moved to a new section titled "Contributors > Emeritus" or some such. Please make sure that Tom Lockhart and Vadim > get listed that way, at least. I think the "Emeritus" word might be too hard for non-native English speakers, and even for less educated English speakers. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
Guys, Oh, and how about we kill the Image Map of major developers? It's about 4 years out of date, and makes developers.postgresql.org load like molasses in January. -- -Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
Josh Berkus wrote: > Guys, > > Oh, and how about we kill the Image Map of major developers? It's about 4 > years out of date, and makes developers.postgresql.org load like molasses in > January. Agreed. I think Jan is the only one who knows how to updated it. Jan? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Josh Berkus wrote:
>> Oh, and how about we kill the Image Map of major developers? It's about 4
>> years out of date, and makes developers.postgresql.org load like molasses in
>> January.
> Agreed.
Yeah. It was cute when we did it but it's overkill as a way of pointing
out that we have a worldwide development community. We can just say
that...
regards, tom lane
Tom, > Yeah. It was cute when we did it but it's overkill as a way of pointing > out that we have a worldwide development community. We can just say > that... I'll be happy to re-do it someday using OOo's imagemapper. But not this week ... -- -Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
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Josh,
On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Oh, and how about we kill the Image Map of major developers? It's about 4
> years out of date, and makes developers.postgresql.org load like molasses in
> January.
I'm working on a new developer site. I've posted to -www & -core about
this some months ago. I've asked -core list to write theis opinions about
this, but noone replied me.
As we've talked a bit on -www, I will be using the same schema that
PostgreSQL.org uses; with slightly different colors. I wanted to finish it
before the release of v7.4. I'm very overloaded nowadays; so I hope to
finish it in a month.
So, could we please talk about developers site on a new thread? As I've
said before, I believe that developer.PostgreSQL.org seems so bad for us.
Regards,
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Devrim GUNDUZ
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On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 01:23, Devrim GUNDUZ wrote:
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> Josh,
>
> On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Josh Berkus wrote:
>
> > Oh, and how about we kill the Image Map of major developers? It's about 4
> > years out of date, and makes developers.postgresql.org load like molasses in
> > January.
>
> I'm working on a new developer site. I've posted to -www & -core about
> this some months ago. I've asked -core list to write theis opinions about
> this, but noone replied me.
>
> As we've talked a bit on -www, I will be using the same schema that
> PostgreSQL.org uses; with slightly different colors. I wanted to finish it
> before the release of v7.4. I'm very overloaded nowadays; so I hope to
> finish it in a month.
>
> So, could we please talk about developers site on a new thread? As I've
> said before, I believe that developer.PostgreSQL.org seems so bad for us.
>
Well, maybe instead of looking at how to redesign the
developer.postgresql.org website, we should break down each part of the
developers website and find a place for it in the main site.
Robert Treat
--
Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
>> I think the "Emeritus" word might be too hard for non-native English >> speakers, and even for less educated English speakers. > > > Isn't that an even better reason to use it? :) My personal opinion would be that they can use dictionary.com if they don't know what it means. > > Chris > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@postgresql.org
>>I think we had agreed that formerly-listed contributors would not be >>deleted, but would be moved to a new section titled "Contributors >>Emeritus" or some such. Please make sure that Tom Lockhart and Vadim >>get listed that way, at least. > > I think the "Emeritus" word might be too hard for non-native English > speakers, and even for less educated English speakers. Isn't that an even better reason to use it? :) Chris
emeritus is a perfectly good latin word. No need to dumb things down. --elein On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 05:26:29PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: > > Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes: > > > B) What contributors are listed under Major Developers who haven't > > > contributed any code since 7.1.0? > > > > I think we had agreed that formerly-listed contributors would not be > > deleted, but would be moved to a new section titled "Contributors > > Emeritus" or some such. Please make sure that Tom Lockhart and Vadim > > get listed that way, at least. > > > I think the "Emeritus" word might be too hard for non-native English > speakers, and even for less educated English speakers. > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road > + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your > joining column's datatypes do not match
Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes: > Oh, and how about we kill the Image Map of major developers? It's about 4 > years out of date, and makes developers.postgresql.org load like molasses in > January. Personally, I don't really see the need for developer.postgresql.org to be a separate sub-site. Since it is basically just a collection of links to other resources (CVSweb, TODO list, devel docs build, etc.), why not just make it a page or two on www.postgresql.org? -Neil
Josh Berkus wrote: > Folks, > > If possible, for the upcoming release we'd like to get the Contributor List on > developer.postgresql.org updated. Can everyone please take a gander at: > http://developer.postgresql.org/bios.php > > ... and tell me what's out of date other than me & Vadim? i.e.: > > A) What contributors are missing from the list? > B) What contributors are listed under Major Developers who haven't contributed > any code since 7.1.0? > C) Who needs their e-mail address updated? > D) Who needs their description updated? (Text, please ... I won't write it) > Jan Wieck in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, (JanWieck@Yahoo.com, <a href="http://www.afilias.info">Afilias USA INC.</a>) overhauled the query rewrite rule system, wrote our procedural languages PL/pgSQL and PL/Tcl and many other complex features like TOAST. Jan -- #======================================================================# # It's easier to get forgiveness for being wrong than for being right. # # Let's break this rule - forgive me. # #================================================== JanWieck@Yahoo.com #
Josh Berkus writes: > If possible, for the upcoming release we'd like to get the Contributor List on > developer.postgresql.org updated. Can everyone please take a gander at: > http://developer.postgresql.org/bios.php One thing that really puzzles me is this web page: http://advocacy.postgresql.org/about/ This is sort of the same web page that we're talking about here, but it lists the developers below the press contacts as also-rans. What's worse, this is the web page that people will get to if they go to if they go to http://www.postgresql.org and click on the first link they see: "What is...". Don't get me wrong, press contacts and advocacy team deserve recognition as well, but not on a page that is indirectly labelled "What is PostgreSQL". It makes it look like the project is run by marketing dudes. -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net