Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:58:12 -0400
From: Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: Proposal: pulling newsbytes from www.pgfoundry.org
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	"Stefan Kaltenbrunner" <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc>,
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On Tuesday 10 June 2008 03:58:40 Dave Page wrote:
> I'm not convinced that merging them is such a hot idea anyway. It will
> likely seriously reduce the amount of time any announcement gets front
> page time which will in turn reduce the usefulness of the section.
> Further, we then have a potential problem ensuring we don't get
> duplicate items when one gets approved on www and subsequently on
> pgFoundry. That of course, applies whether we merge the feed with the
> existing news, or add it as a new section (ignoring the layout issues
> that would involve!)
>

The other concern that I have is that this gives even less face time to core 
project related news, which already has a hard time getting exposure. Things 
like minor releases, project events (beta/gsoc), and large community 
gatherings (oscon/pgcon) get at best limited exposure and that's if aren't 
just lumped in with everything else. 

-- 
Robert Treat
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