X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84F09DAF79 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:50:43 -0400 (AST) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 52056-06 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 20:50:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F4B6DAF46 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:50:41 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50EA326FBC8 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:50:41 -0400 (AST) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 55047-01; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 20:50:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-222-82-85.eastlink.ca [24.222.82.85]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1732326FB9B; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:50:38 -0400 (AST) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A30F8477A8; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:50:42 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A20624775F; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:50:42 -0400 (AST) Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:50:42 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" X-X-Sender: scrappy@ganymede.hub.org To: Neil Conway Cc: Michael Glaesemann , Magnus Hagander , Tom Lane , Dave Page , PostgreSQL WWW Mailing List Subject: Re: On-line docs for PG 8.1 need updating In-Reply-To: <1131396193.6884.108.camel@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: <20051107165007.C993@ganymede.hub.org> References: <6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE92E826@algol.sollentuna.se> <1131313608.6884.86.camel@localhost.localdomain> <5407F6D0-63F5-43D4-80B8-74C29C28B66B@myrealbox.com> <1131396193.6884.108.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.39 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.390] X-Spam-Score: 0.39 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200511/54 X-Sequence-Number: 8769 On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Neil Conway wrote: > On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 11:03 +0900, Michael Glaesemann wrote: >> I agree with your points. One reservation I have is that people might >> be more likely to run a beta in a production environment. Nowadays it >> seems increasingly common for projects to release betas for >> widespread circulation. I don't know if this is something that should >> be encouraged for PostgreSQL. I'd hate to see people get a bad >> impression of PostgreSQL because a beta screws up their data. > > IMHO it is fairly clearly a good thing to get more publicity for > Postgres betas. That is the whole point of the beta program in the first > place: I don't see that putting more beta information on the main > website is fundamentally different from sending email announcing betas > to -announce, for example. Provided that the caveats are clear, I think > there's a lot to be gained by publicizing betas more effectively. As long as it is appropriate tagged as being beta (and clearly), I tend to agree ... the more ppl we can encourage to test/pound a beta, the better the end release is ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664