Thread: Please create mailing list for RCs

Please create mailing list for RCs

From
Josh Berkus
Date:
WWW,

Please create a mailing list for me to correspond with the regional
contacts.  Because I need to send pre-release information on this list,
please make the list closed and don't list it on the list of lists.  Thanks!

(this replaces a mailing list on pgfoundry)

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Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com



Re: Please create mailing list for RCs

From
Alvaro Herrera
Date:
Excerpts from Josh Berkus's message of sáb ago 18 20:07:18 -0400 2012:
> WWW,
>
> Please create a mailing list for me to correspond with the regional
> contacts.  Because I need to send pre-release information on this list,
> please make the list closed and don't list it on the list of lists.  Thanks!

We already have a list "press", and another one "translators", in
@postgresql.org.  Is this new one different?  If so, please specify a
name and the owner's address.

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Álvaro Herrera                http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services



Re: Please create mailing list for RCs

From
Josh Berkus
Date:
> We already have a list "press", and another one "translators", in
> @postgresql.org.  Is this new one different?  If so, please specify a
> name and the owner's address.

Well, it is different, but let's hash out whether or not it *should* be.

Currently, I have two lists, translators@ which includes everyone who
does translation of advocacy stuff, and press-regional@pgfoundry.org,
which includes only RCs, by their RC official addresses.

The RC list, in addition to the annual press release, is used for
notices of update, beta releases, and similar things.

There's about 70% overlap between the two lists.  Maybe I should just
use translators@ and not worry about it.

Alvaro, as an RC/translator yourself, what do you think?

-- 
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com



Re: Please create mailing list for RCs

From
Alvaro Herrera
Date:
Excerpts from Josh Berkus's message of dom ago 19 23:36:05 -0400 2012:
>
> > We already have a list "press", and another one "translators", in
> > @postgresql.org.  Is this new one different?  If so, please specify a
> > name and the owner's address.
>
> Well, it is different, but let's hash out whether or not it *should* be.
>
> Currently, I have two lists, translators@ which includes everyone who
> does translation of advocacy stuff, and press-regional@pgfoundry.org,
> which includes only RCs, by their RC official addresses.
>
> The RC list, in addition to the annual press release, is used for
> notices of update, beta releases, and similar things.
>
> There's about 70% overlap between the two lists.  Maybe I should just
> use translators@ and not worry about it.
>
> Alvaro, as an RC/translator yourself, what do you think?

As soon as we have a new press-contacts list I fail to see that there is
any point in having translators as well, because the contacts are
precisely the people doing the translations as well.  If we had teams of
translators that are not the same guys handling press contacts, I would
opine differently, but that's just not how it is.

In my opinion we should just rename translators and subscribe the RC
addresses to it.

--
Álvaro Herrera                http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services



Re: Please create mailing list for RCs

From
Josh Berkus
Date:
> As soon as we have a new press-contacts list I fail to see that there is
> any point in having translators as well, because the contacts are
> precisely the people doing the translations as well.  If we had teams of
> translators that are not the same guys handling press contacts, I would
> opine differently, but that's just not how it is.

Well, the RCs are *most* of the members of the translators@ list.
However, there are other people on that list who help with PR
translations who are not RCs.

-- 
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com