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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Dave Page <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Archives policy
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:08:53 -0400
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Dave Page <[email protected]> writes:
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Altogether that page now reads like, our archiving system is too stupid to
>> handle removals and we are too busy to bother. �Not sure if that will serve to
>> convince people. �"Extremely difficult" is after all the same as "possible".

> Well that is essentially correct :-) Any suggestions for alternative text?

The really key point is the one about there being many copies of our
archives that we have no control over, so asking us to remove our
copy accomplishes nothing worth the complainant's trouble.  The rest is
unlikely to deter anyone.

			regards, tom lane

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