Re: updates for spi / donations info

On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 10:04 AM Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>
wrote:

> On 2/23/23 12:47 PM, Robert Treat wrote:
> > Howdy folks,
> >
> > The following patch updates some of the info around spi donation.
> > there are some minor whitespace oriented changes,
>
> Thanks!
>
> I removed the whitespace changes, which were formatting changes on the
> donations page that were not relevant to the patch. I also fixed up
> several instances of broken HTML.
>
> > but primary changes are:
> >
> > 1. link to the funds group page on the main website rather than the old
> > wiki pages.
>
> The link was incorrect because it contained a ".html" suffix. I fixed it
> to the corrected link.
>
> > 2. replace the copy/pasted donation details on the spi page, which are
> > now outdated / incorrect, with a list of donation options and a pointer
> > to the donations page at spi.
>
> Similar comments to the above. Here is the revision.
>
> My one concern with this change is that while it presents the updated
> information about donating to SPI, it's not clear how to actually submit
> a donation. I clicked on the link that's now semi-buried in the page,
> which brings me to a long wall of text on the SPI page that makes it
> difficult to parse.
>
> I think we should at least maintain what we currently have[1], i.e. a
> clear button that at least goes to this page:
>
> https://www.spi-inc.org/projects/postgresql/
>
> Attached is v2 of the patch.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan
>
> [1] https://www.postgresql.org/about/donate_pg_org/

Yeah, I think I may have overcorrected on this, and could get on-board with
the idea of modifying the button to go directly to the Postgres page @ SPI
as a good mix of lowering the maintenance but also making it simple for
folks to donate. Do you want to have a go at making that change, or do you
need me to take another stab at a patch?

Robert Treat
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