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@ 2003-11-05 13:09 Robert Treat <[email protected]>
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From: Robert Treat @ 2003-11-05 13:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dave Page <[email protected]>; +Cc: Neil Conway <[email protected]>; pgsql-www
Yes, I think Dave and I both have been particularly swamped recently. If
someone could write these up for the release candidates it would be very
helpful.
Robert Treat
On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 17:30, Dave Page wrote:
> Hi Neil,
>
> If someone wants to write such updates and notices, then I see no reason
> why we should not include them. Unfortunately I am particularly busy at
> the moment and just don't have time to do it myself (not that I write
> the actual content very often anyway).
>
> Care to volunter some (more) of your time? :-)
>
> Regards, Dave.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Neil Conway [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: 30 October 2003 00:32
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [webmaster] announcements for individual betas
> >
> > At present, the front page of postgresql.org contains a
> > single item announcing the 7.4 beta process. This news item
> > is from a month ago, and is halfway down the page.
> > Furthermore, it doesn't provide any information about the
> > status of new beta releases (so that if you previously
> > downloaded a beta release for testing, the only way to know
> > about a new beta is to click on through to developer.postgresql.org).
> > Since the frontpage includes individual beta announcements
> > for such relatively inconsequential beta releases as "Trigger
> > capable PL/Perl Beta 1", I think we could and should make the
> > current status of the beta process more clear. I'd like to see:
> >
> > (a) News items for each beta release, rather than
> > just "the beta
> > process" in general
> >
> > (b) The news item describing the latest beta release
> > at or near
> > the top of the page.
> >
> > Since we want as many people beta-testing 7.4 as possible, it
> > seems only reasonable to devote a fair amount of the front
> > page to this information.
> >
> > -Neil
> >
> >
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* Re: [webmaster] announcements for individual betas
@ 2003-11-07 12:46 Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
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From: Bruce Momjian @ 2003-11-07 12:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: [email protected]; +Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; pgsql-www
Andreas Grabm?ller wrote:
> What about a little box on the website which tells us the currently available versions, something like
>
> - Current Beta: 7.4.0 Beta 5
> - Current Stable: 7.3.4
> - Depraced Stable: 7.2.4
>
> including download links (or links to release notes)? MySQL.com has something like this and I like this...
>
> By the way, sorry I haven't been working on the new site very much the last weeks, was very busy...
Yes, that is a good idea. I have seen other projects use that and it
looks good.
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