Re: pgaccess - registration before download

Good idea. When I do registration, I think it is good to tell people
they value they can get by registering, such as receiving email
announcements of new releases or stuff like that.

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Iavor Raytchev wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> One idea I want to share and ask for opinions.
>
> As pgaccess is about to be released these days as -
>
> pgaccess 0.98.8 preliminary release 1
>
> containing all three groups of patches of Bartus, Boyan and Chris, that
> started the whole effort about four months ago (and some other bugs
> fixed), I want to ask you what you think of a
> registration-before-download mechanism on the pgaccess web site.
>
> The reason to ask for this is because in a way it is very exciting to
> work on this project, but I am getting somehow conscious - what is the
> net effect from inspiring these people (there are about six people
> dedicated to pgaccess and may be four more who help in one way or
> another) working on it.
>
> What may be we can do in order not to make it more difficult for people
> who just want to download it fast, is to provide a dual possibility -
>
> a] download
> b] fill in a form before download
>
> And ask kindly people to do it the b] way, explaining to them why it is
> nicer.
>
> The b] way might be completely simple - people just enter their e-mail
> address (as identification only) and fill one text field (or click a
> check box) with the purpose of the download - end user, tester,
> developer, second download, etc. It will not give or require password.
> It might provide also an option (via check box and e-mail that requires
> reply as confirmation) for subscribing the pgaccess mailing lists.
>
> This will provide valuable feedback - we can even make it public - how
> many users pgaccess has, what they use it for, and this way - show if
> our effort is worth or are we just having harmless fun :)
>
> Everything must be very transparent.
>
> All best to everybody,
>
> Iavor
>
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