Re: [webmaster] announcements for individual betas

Yes, I think Dave and I both have been particularly swamped recently. If
someone could write these up for the release candidates it would be very
helpful.

Robert Treat

On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 17:30, Dave Page wrote:
> Hi Neil,
>
> If someone wants to write such updates and notices, then I see no reason
> why we should not include them. Unfortunately I am particularly busy at
> the moment and just don't have time to do it myself (not that I write
> the actual content very often anyway).
>
> Care to volunter some (more) of your time? :-)
>
> Regards, Dave.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Neil Conway [mailto:neilc@samurai.com]
> > Sent: 30 October 2003 00:32
> > To: webmaster@postgresql.org
> > Subject: [webmaster] announcements for individual betas
> >
> > At present, the front page of postgresql.org contains a
> > single item announcing the 7.4 beta process. This news item
> > is from a month ago, and is halfway down the page.
> > Furthermore, it doesn't provide any information about the
> > status of new beta releases (so that if you previously
> > downloaded a beta release for testing, the only way to know
> > about a new beta is to click on through to developer.postgresql.org).
> > Since the frontpage includes individual beta announcements
> > for such relatively inconsequential beta releases as "Trigger
> > capable PL/Perl Beta 1", I think we could and should make the
> > current status of the beta process more clear. I'd like to see:
> >
> >         (a) News items for each beta release, rather than
> > just "the beta
> >         process" in general
> >
> >         (b) The news item describing the latest beta release
> > at or near
> >         the top of the page.
> >
> > Since we want as many people beta-testing 7.4 as possible, it
> > seems only reasonable to devote a fair amount of the front
> > page to this information.
> >
> > -Neil
> >
> >
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