Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AED82632F93 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:09:02 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 89157-06 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:08:57 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A7B2635202 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:08:56 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n3GJ8rRO028085; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:08:53 -0400 (EDT) To: Dave Page cc: Peter Eisentraut , pgsql-www@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Archives policy In-reply-to: <937d27e10904161132v2b3d010evdbdf13410f07b20@mail.gmail.com> References: <937d27e10904160107t6406b64cxddec956619c3374@mail.gmail.com> <200904162129.46832.peter_e@gmx.net> <937d27e10904161132v2b3d010evdbdf13410f07b20@mail.gmail.com> Comments: In-reply-to Dave Page message dated "Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:32:58 +0100" Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:08:53 -0400 Message-ID: <28084.1239908933@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200904/91 X-Sequence-Number: 16958 Dave Page writes: > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Peter Eisentraut 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