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From: Simon Riggs <[email protected]>
To: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] 7.5 release notes
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 02:31:47 +0100
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>

On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 00:55, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Simon Riggs wrote:
> > On Sun, 2004-07-25 at 05:25, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > I have completed the 7.5 release notes.  You can view them in HTML on
> > > the developer web page.  I have marked a few items with question marks
> > > that need to be addressed.  I am looking for improvements, even minor
> > > ones.  Either send in a patch or committers can modify the file
> > > directly.
> > > 
> > 
> > 

Those were just examples of a suggested style change for some items.

> Basically, my goal with these release notes is to make it as clear as
> possible why this new feature would be valuable to the reader.  

Completely Agree.

> If it makes our previous release look bad, so be it. 

Oh.

>  For me, clarity and
> candor gain a lot more credibility than trying to cover over missing
> functionality in the past.  I am not saying we have to be so honest that
> we bash PostgreSQL, but in cases where we adjust wording to try to
> prevent ourselves from looking bad, it is best to be honest and clear
> about our limitations.  I think in the long run it gains us lots of
> credibility (and ultimately volunteers).
> 

I see this as merely a half-full/half-empty viewpoint issue.

Honesty and clarity are wonderful things and I subscribe to them. Using
them only to describe your own viewpoint is not a reasonable point to
make in a hopefully rational discussion about writing style...

I'll go back to my docs now, but I guess we may relive this again when
you see some of the honest, clear and positive changes I am suggesting.
:)

-- 
Best Regards, Simon Riggs

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