Re: The PostgreSQL homepage and release announcements

On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> 2013/4/3 Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>:
>> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 2:47 AM, Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I think the PostgreSQL homepage is going to cause confusion for anyone
>>> checking it for news of the upcoming security release.
>>>
>>> There's a big splash box titled "PostgreSQL minor versions released!"
>>> which mentions fixes including "a security issue", however the announcement
>>> does not have a date and it's not obvious that the releases listed
>>> (9.2.3 etc) are
>>> already a few weeks old.
>>>
>>> The "Upcoming PostgreSQL Security Release" announcment, which is
>>> tucked away unter "Latest news", also doesn't specify the upcoming
>>> release numbers.
>>>
>>> It might be worth updating the "splash box".
>>>
>>> Just my 2 cents...
>>
>> Just a note since I see nobody responded in tihs thread - but there
>> was another thread on basically the same subject. Dave updated the
>> page yesterday I think it was, to add a date to the announcement. That
>> should make it clear that the current one being advertised is not the
>> new important one. Probably no point in doing much more than so until
>> we've actually pushed the releases.
>
> Thanks, I noticed Dave's response on the other thread.
>
> Sorry to be nitpicking again - I see the "splash" has been updated with
> news of the upcoming release, it might be worth changing the title from
>
> "PostgreSQL minor versions released!"
>
> to something like
>
> "Upcoming PostgreSQL security release"
>
> Also, the "Release announcement" link goes to the 9.2.3 release page,
> which is confusing to say the least, and the "Download" link is not
> helpful until there's something to download.
>
> Apologies if this is already being addressed (or if I can help in any
> way apart from whiny emails ;) )

You're right, the patch that was applied was broken. I've fixed it -
should show up on the next update.

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