Re: Release notes introductory text

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Release notes introductory text
Date: 2007-10-12 07:29:23
Message-ID: 20071012072923.GA6334@svr2.hagander.net
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On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 07:51:13AM +0100, Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 17:46 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > > Kevin Grittner wrote:
> > >> If the goal is to provide fair warning of a high-than-usual-risk
> > >> release, you've got it covered.
> >
> > > No, that was not the intent. The indent was to say we got a lot done in
> > > one year. You have a suggestion?
> >
> > Yeah: take the entire paragraph out again. I concur with Neil that
> > it's nothing but marketing fluff, and inaccurate fluff at that.
>
> I think it is important that we are up beat about what we have achieved,
> but perhaps we should avoid opinions in the release notes.
>
> Perhaps it should be part of the press release?

It certainly sounds a lot more like press release than release notes to me...

//Magnus

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