> -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 18 December 2002 16:34 > To: Marc G. Fournier > Cc: Dave Page; Robert Treat; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] v7.3.1 tar ready ... please check it ... > > > "Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Dave Page wrote: > >> Maybe we should? The more publicity the better etc... > > > The problem is that there is nothing to announce ... "Hi, we fixed > > some bugs"? :) minor releases don't have any features > added to them, > > so isn't really news worthy ... :( > > I think this is exactly the difference between "press > release" and "technical announcement" that Marc was getting > beat up on just a couple weeks ago. A bug-fix-only update is > not worthy of a press release. It is worthy of a technical > announcement --- which is exactly what Marc plans to push out > to pgsql-announce as soon as the FTP mirrors are up to date.
I think Marc got beat up over the fact that we (pgsql-*) got the press release, not the gory details, rather than whether or not we sent a press release to other sites. I would suggest: - pgsql-announce gets the tech version for every release. - Marc's full contacts list get the major version notices in press format with a link to the tech version. - Marc's smaller techy contacts list (freshmeat, /. etc.) get a small press release with a link to the tech version for minor releases as well. Regards, Dave ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
