Re: [ANNOUNCE] PostgreSQL 8.0.2 Now Available

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] PostgreSQL 8.0.2 Now Available
Date: 2005-04-11 08:07:48
Message-ID: 20050411080748.GA2485@fetter.org
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On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 10:04:49AM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > > And, for Bittorrent Users, David has put up the tar packages at:
> > >
> > > http://bt.postgresql.org
> > >
> >
> > Any reason why we keep plugging this 'page' when the torrents are
> > (or should be) listed on the main website at
> > http://www.postgresql.org/download/bittorrent ? Not only is the
> > bt.postgresql.org page the old design, but it's missing it's
> > stylesheets and images, and has numerous links to the old site on
> > it. Frankly it's embarrassing.

What's *really* embarrassing is that the "artists" who came up with
that beautiful design didn't manage to get off your asses and find out
which torrents are actually getting served. It's not hard, and you
didn't ask.

> Why not just make bt.postgresql.org a redirect to www.postgresql.org?

Because it wouldn't have actual links to the .torrents.

> For the main page only of course, as the actual .torrents are still
> served there. Should be a 5 minute hack to do...

Don't I wish.

Cheers,
D
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