Re: sf.net download page

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On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:20:24 +0100
Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:

> BTW, just for reference. In the 8.1 branch, we had 8.1.5. And 8.1.11.
> And nothing in between. And look at:
> http://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=9764
>
> and just count how many announcements aren't there.

You don't have to convince me that the project on sourceforge lacks
management. I agree. Frankly I don't think Devrim is the person for the
Job. He is busy enough.

If.. this is going to happen we need a team of people to help us along
on it. There are certainly other places we could also advertise (like
Freshmeat and linuxapps).

Point two... this is really a discussion for -advocacy don't you think?

>
>
> >> What's the actual *gain* of having it there?
> >
> > Visibility. You don't actually think everyone knows what PostgreSQL
> > is do you? :P
>
> Visibility with incorrect information?

I repeat.. IF MANAGED.

>
> Plus, do people actually look there for it? I'd expect most people to

newbs. lots of newbs.

Joe Blow... where can I find cool open source software.... User Groups
l33t dude who smells bad, "Check sourceforge".

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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