Received: from makus.postgresql.org (makus.postgresql.org [98.129.198.125]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86C3C1288B2A for ; Wed, 1 Feb 2012 05:42:49 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail-tul01m020-f174.google.com ([209.85.214.174]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RsWiH-0000tn-H2 for pgsql-www@postgresql.org; Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:42:50 +0000 Received: by obcva7 with SMTP id va7so1053164obc.19 for ; Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:42:37 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.231.7 with SMTP id tc7mr38741760obc.29.1328089357299; Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:42:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.60.6.227 with HTTP; Wed, 1 Feb 2012 01:42:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20120130181116.GD24817@momjian.us> References: <96e5156e36277877d18484a5148ad516@biglumber.com> <4F26DA5D.7040808@agliodbs.com> <20120130181116.GD24817@momjian.us> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:42:37 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Planet posting policy From: Dave Page To: Bruce Momjian Cc: Magnus Hagander , Josh Berkus , pgsql-www@postgresql.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-Archive-Number: 201202/3 X-Sequence-Number: 20486 On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 07:00:26PM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 18:58, Josh Berkus wrote: >> > >> >> I think that blog post itself is a very good example of content we >> >> *don't* necessarily want on planet. >> > >> > See, while for me it's exactly the kind of post I think *should* be >> > included. =A0Because I'm a working consultant, I'm interested in what = the >> > various commercial forks can do for my customers, and as a PostgreSQL >> > hacker I'm interested in what the various commercial tools tell us abo= ut >> > our users. =A0As long as it's not press releases. >> >> Did you read the example? It *was* basically a press release... >> >> >> > I don't think it's going to be possible to have one feed which pleases >> > everyone. =A0Maybe we should have two feeds? =A0/oss and /universe ? >> >> Sure, we could probably find a way to do that, but is the demand >> really high enough to make it worth it? > > I think the big question is whether our announce list is sufficient > (which allows commercial postings) or whether there is stuff that > doesn't fit on announce that should be on our blog. -announce is for press-release type stuff, which we definitely do not want on Planet. Similarly, we wouldn't want technical write ups on -announce. --=20 Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company