Re: [pgsql-advocacy] One line new items

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Martin Marques <martin(at)bugs(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar>
Cc: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, PostgreSQL WWW <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] One line new items
Date: 2006-05-17 17:12:55
Message-ID: 200605171712.k4HHCtA27062@candle.pha.pa.us
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Martin Marques wrote:
>
> On Wed, 17 May 2006 10:03:26 -0700, "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > It is obnoxious to have PR trolls offer only a one liner with a link to
> > another website without any context to the content beyond the title.
>
> Bruce said he was in favor of a one line description, so I guess you two think the same about this. :-D

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:

http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.554

I do prefer one-line summaries of press releases because the press
release usually has the interesting information so buried in the text.

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