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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:46:28 +0200
From: usleepless@gmail.com
To: "Bruce Momjian" <bruce@momjian.us>
Subject: Re: Release notes introductory text
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Hi,

On 10/11/07, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> [ BCC to docs and hackers.  Sorry this seems like the only logical way
> to do this.]
>
> I have added the following introductory paragraph to the release notes:
>
> 	This release represents a major leap forward by adding significant new
> 	functionality and performance enhancements to
> 	<productname>PostgreSQL</>. Many complex ideas that normally take years
> 	to implement were added rapidly to this release by our development team.

i am not a native speaker, but this sentence doesn't sound too
positive. i might get the impression stuff was "rushed in". it also
sound a little like "bragging"?

try to remove "normally take years" from the sentence. "ideas" is a
little vague as well. are they features? optimizations?

"Many complex features were added to this release by our development team."

regards,

usleep