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From: Dave Page <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Archives policy
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:24:23 +0100
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On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.

In my experience, the number of copies is also unlikely to deter a
fair percentage. Many of these people are complete nuts - I've had one
claim the CIA will assassinate them because they can be traced through
our archives before! It's nonsense of course, but it'll make my life
easier to have a definitive answer for those and the saner folks so I
can direct them to it and then ignore any further complaints.


-- 
Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK:   http://www.enterprisedb.com

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