X-Original-To: pgsql-advocacy-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73E149FA2FA for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 18:04:18 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 15702-02 for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 18:04:08 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from floppy.pyrenet.fr (news.pyrenet.fr [194.116.145.2]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1324F9F944D for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 18:04:08 -0300 (ADT) Received: by floppy.pyrenet.fr (Postfix, from userid 106) id 80D70314A6; Wed, 17 May 2006 23:04:04 +0200 (MET DST) From: Chris Browne X-Newsgroups: pgsql.advocacy Subject: Re: One line new items Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 21:00:57 +0000 Organization: cbbrowne Computing Inc Lines: 22 Message-ID: <603bf88iye.fsf@dba2.int.libertyrms.com> References: <200605171712.k4HHCtA27062@candle.pha.pa.us> <36e682920605171144j3b16f91fw6201a27dbf4268a0@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.hub.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.4.19 (linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:KQN2Zqiax/mijLoaFxzEoE+TttU= To: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/68 X-Sequence-Number: 9007 jonah.harris@gmail.com ("Jonah H. Harris") writes: > On 5/17/06, Bruce Momjian wrote: >> I was assuming the one-liner was actually a summary. If this is the >> item Joshua saw, he is right, it isn't a summary: > > While it's up to the web guys, I agree with Josh et al. I think a > minimal summary (1-2 lines) should be required for any news posting > to be accepted. I am inclined to agree. I get irritated no end when I see announcements for updates to pieces of software where it takes research to even figure out what the software is and why I should care. Having a one line explanation is eminently appropriate. -- select 'cbbrowne' || '@' || 'acm.org'; http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/nonrdbms.html "I don't know what OS we will be running in 40 years, but it will probably be called Unix...." -- Chris Mikkelson