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First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
Josh Berkus
Дата:
All,

Here's the beginning of drafting the release announcement.  Note that
the lists of features will change after I get the results of the survey,
but I didn't have in mind to change the basic format.

http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/90ReleaseDraft

In general, I don't feel a need for a lot of hyperbole.  I think the
huge number of major features speak for themselves.   So I'd rather
focus on features and quotes.

Feedback by the marketing geeks (Rob, Sean?) especially wanted.


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                                   -- Josh Berkus
                                      PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
Chris Browne
Дата:
josh@agliodbs.com (Josh Berkus) writes:
> Here's the beginning of drafting the release announcement.  Note that
> the lists of features will change after I get the results of the
> survey, but I didn't have in mind to change the basic format.
>
> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/90ReleaseDraft
>
> In general, I don't feel a need for a lot of hyperbole.  I think the
> huge number of major features speak for themselves.   So I'd rather
> focus on features and quotes.
>
> Feedback by the marketing geeks (Rob, Sean?) especially wanted.

I did a little bit of rewording, and added in (for convenience),
linkage to the release notes.  (It's handy for anyone reading the
announcement!)

I don't see any features that are in the release notes that seem like
they strongly need to be added.  The ones that seem plausible, but
just a bit too marginal for the announcement, to me:

 - deferrable unique constraints
 - VACUUM FULL improvements
 - binary upgrade
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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
Thom Brown
Дата:
On 18 June 2010 20:20, Chris Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org> wrote:
josh@agliodbs.com (Josh Berkus) writes:
> Here's the beginning of drafting the release announcement.  Note that
> the lists of features will change after I get the results of the
> survey, but I didn't have in mind to change the basic format.
>
> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/90ReleaseDraft
>
> In general, I don't feel a need for a lot of hyperbole.  I think the
> huge number of major features speak for themselves.   So I'd rather
> focus on features and quotes.
>
> Feedback by the marketing geeks (Rob, Sean?) especially wanted.

I did a little bit of rewording, and added in (for convenience),
linkage to the release notes.  (It's handy for anyone reading the
announcement!)

I don't see any features that are in the release notes that seem like
they strongly need to be added.  The ones that seem plausible, but
just a bit too marginal for the announcement, to me:

 - deferrable unique constraints
 - VACUUM FULL improvements
 - binary upgrade
--

A few proposals

"The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release of version 9.0. "

Maybe "PostgreSQL 9.0" instead of "version 9.0"?

Anonymous functions instead of anonymous blocks?  Else put the word "code" before blocks.

Instead of "driving PostgreSQL's competition" use a synonym for "driving" as it sounds weird after just mentioning "drive" in the previous sentence.... or change the one in the previous sentence... I dunno.

As for the "blah blah blah" bits... look good to me ;)

Thom

Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
Josh Berkus
Дата:
> "The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release
> of version 9.0. "
>
> Maybe "PostgreSQL 9.0" instead of "version 9.0"?

Yeah, tried that too, it seemed repetitive.  You don't think so?

> Anonymous functions instead of anonymous blocks?  Else put the word
> "code" before blocks.

Oh, right.

> Instead of "driving PostgreSQL's competition" use a synonym for
> "driving" as it sounds weird after just mentioning "drive" in the
> previous sentence.... or change the one in the previous sentence... I dunno.

Yeah, I didn't like the wording on that either.  I just didn't have
better ideas.

Thanks for edits.


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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
"Joshua D. Drake"
Дата:
On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 17:22 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > "The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release
> > of version 9.0. "
> >
> > Maybe "PostgreSQL 9.0" instead of "version 9.0"?
>
> Yeah, tried that too, it seemed repetitive.  You don't think so?

O.k. this may not fly but:

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group (that is who we are, not team)
is proud to announce the release of 9.

You could flow it forward with things like:

9 represents a major step forward in the PostgreSQL heritage by
providing features such as...

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake


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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
"Joshua D. Drake"
Дата:
On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 17:22 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > "The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release
> > of version 9.0. "
> >
> > Maybe "PostgreSQL 9.0" instead of "version 9.0"?
>
> Yeah, tried that too, it seemed repetitive.  You don't think so?

O.k. this may not fly but:

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group (that is who we are, not team)
is proud to announce the release of 9.

You could flow it forward with things like:

9 represents a major step forward in the PostgreSQL heritage by
providing features such as...

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake


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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
Magnus Hagander
Дата:
On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 02:42, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 17:22 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> > "The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release
>> > of version 9.0. "
>> >
>> > Maybe "PostgreSQL 9.0" instead of "version 9.0"?
>>
>> Yeah, tried that too, it seemed repetitive.  You don't think so?
>
> O.k. this may not fly but:
>
> The PostgreSQL Global Development Group (that is who we are, not team)
> is proud to announce the release of 9.

Can we please *not* call it 9, but stick to 9.0?

We have enough people talking about PostgreSQL 7 and PostgreSQL 8 not
knowing that 8.0 and 8.4 are quite significantly different products
already. We don't need to encourage *more* of that.


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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
"Joshua D. Drake"
Дата:
On Sat, 2010-06-19 at 13:34 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 02:42, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 17:22 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> >> > "The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release
> >> > of version 9.0. "
> >> >
> >> > Maybe "PostgreSQL 9.0" instead of "version 9.0"?
> >>
> >> Yeah, tried that too, it seemed repetitive.  You don't think so?
> >
> > O.k. this may not fly but:
> >
> > The PostgreSQL Global Development Group (that is who we are, not team)
> > is proud to announce the release of 9.
>
> Can we please *not* call it 9, but stick to 9.0?
>
> We have enough people talking about PostgreSQL 7 and PostgreSQL 8 not
> knowing that 8.0 and 8.4 are quite significantly different products
> already. We don't need to encourage *more* of that.

Hmpf you are right. I didn't think about that aspect.

Joshua D. Drake


>
>

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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
"Joshua D. Drake"
Дата:
On Sat, 2010-06-19 at 13:34 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 02:42, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 17:22 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> >> > "The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release
> >> > of version 9.0. "
> >> >
> >> > Maybe "PostgreSQL 9.0" instead of "version 9.0"?
> >>
> >> Yeah, tried that too, it seemed repetitive.  You don't think so?
> >
> > O.k. this may not fly but:
> >
> > The PostgreSQL Global Development Group (that is who we are, not team)
> > is proud to announce the release of 9.
>
> Can we please *not* call it 9, but stick to 9.0?
>
> We have enough people talking about PostgreSQL 7 and PostgreSQL 8 not
> knowing that 8.0 and 8.4 are quite significantly different products
> already. We don't need to encourage *more* of that.

Hmpf you are right. I didn't think about that aspect.

Joshua D. Drake


>
>

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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

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Greg Smith
Дата:
Chris Browne wrote:
> I don't see any features that are in the release notes that seem like
> they strongly need to be added.  The ones that seem plausible, but
> just a bit too marginal for the announcement, to me:
>
>  - binary upgrade
>

I think that having in-place upgrade bundled with the database,
essentially blessing it as ready for serious use by the entire
development community, is the biggest improvement in PostgreSQL 9.0.
And, yes, I include the replication improvements in that ranking when I
say that.  That's from both a technical (administrators will be happy)
and a FUD (remove that from the list of reasons not to use PostgreSQL)
perspective.  Wander into any popular tech discussion forum when the
usual MySQL vs. PostgreSQL vs. everybody else discussions pop up, and
lack of binary upgrade is constantly mentioned as a reason not to use
the database.  Saying "you can grab this migrator tool from this
site..." is a much better response than we had last year, but really
driving home that this is a solved problem for the database now is vital
for what I expect to be a widely distributed press release IMHO.

I submitted a response to Josh's survey which can get averaged along
with everyone else for the other features not on the list.  I made my
other selections based on both the strength of the feature along with
how I perceived its ability to be understandable to those not already
using PostgreSQL too.  So for me, VACUUM FULL rewrite is out just
because those not already using PostgreSQL know or cares what that
means, while things like the constraint improvements make a better
candidate because that's an understandable improvements to anyone
familiar with SQL databases.

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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

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David Fetter
Дата:
On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 01:34:37PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 02:42, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 17:22 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> >> > "The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce
> >> > the release of version 9.0. "
> >> >
> >> > Maybe "PostgreSQL 9.0" instead of "version 9.0"?
> >>
> >> Yeah, tried that too, it seemed repetitive.  You don't think so?
> >
> > O.k. this may not fly but:
> >
> > The PostgreSQL Global Development Group (that is who we are, not
> > team) is proud to announce the release of 9.
>
> Can we please *not* call it 9, but stick to 9.0?

Another way to deal with this would be to make the next one 10, the
following one 11, etc., etc. :)

Cheers,
David.
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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

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Thom Brown
Дата:
On 21 June 2010 16:12, David Fetter <david@fetter.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 01:34:37PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 02:42, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 17:22 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> >> > "The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce
>> >> > the release of version 9.0. "
>> >> >
>> >> > Maybe "PostgreSQL 9.0" instead of "version 9.0"?
>> >>
>> >> Yeah, tried that too, it seemed repetitive.  You don't think so?
>> >
>> > O.k. this may not fly but:
>> >
>> > The PostgreSQL Global Development Group (that is who we are, not
>> > team) is proud to announce the release of 9.
>>
>> Can we please *not* call it 9, but stick to 9.0?
>
> Another way to deal with this would be to make the next one 10, the
> following one 11, etc., etc. :)
>

You mean we're not going to have PostgreSQL X?  Ah, but then it might
get shortened to PGX, and then we'd be in a kerfuffle. ;)

Thom

Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
David Fetter
Дата:
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 04:16:13PM +0100, Thom Brown wrote:
> On 21 June 2010 16:12, David Fetter <david@fetter.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 01:34:37PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> >> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 02:42, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> >> > On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 17:22 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> >> >> > "The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce
> >> >> > the release of version 9.0. "
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Maybe "PostgreSQL 9.0" instead of "version 9.0"?
> >> >>
> >> >> Yeah, tried that too, it seemed repetitive.  You don't think so?
> >> >
> >> > O.k. this may not fly but:
> >> >
> >> > The PostgreSQL Global Development Group (that is who we are, not
> >> > team) is proud to announce the release of 9.
> >>
> >> Can we please *not* call it 9, but stick to 9.0?
> >
> > Another way to deal with this would be to make the next one 10, the
> > following one 11, etc., etc. :)
>
> You mean we're not going to have PostgreSQL X?  Ah, but then it might
> get shortened to PGX, and then we'd be in a kerfuffle. ;)

I see you have uncovered my dastardly plan to capture versions up to
49 for PGX(LIX). ;)

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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

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Josh Berkus
Дата:
On 6/18/10 5:42 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 17:22 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
>>> "The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release
>>> of version 9.0. "
>>>
>>> Maybe "PostgreSQL 9.0" instead of "version 9.0"?
>> Yeah, tried that too, it seemed repetitive.  You don't think so?

Well, one of the things I've thought was the following:

The PostgerSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release
of PostgreSQL 9.0, the 31st release of the world's leading open source
relational database system.

... however, that seemed excessively wordy.  No?


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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
Thom Brown
Дата:
On 22 June 2010 13:43, Joshua Tolley <eggyknap@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 06:22:52PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> On 6/18/10 5:42 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 17:22 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> >>> "The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release
>> >>> of version 9.0. "
>> >>>
>> >>> Maybe "PostgreSQL 9.0" instead of "version 9.0"?
>> >> Yeah, tried that too, it seemed repetitive.  You don't think so?
>>
>> Well, one of the things I've thought was the following:
>>
>> The PostgerSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release
>> of PostgreSQL 9.0, the 31st release of the world's leading open source
>> relational database system.
>>
>> ... however, that seemed excessively wordy.  No?
>
> It's approaching wordiness, but it still has my vote (minus the typo). If I'm
> in the minority on this one, however, my second choice has us using two
> sentences:
>
>    The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release of
>    PostgreSQL 9.0. This is the 31st release of the world's leading open
>    source relational database system.
>

Hmm... saying 31st almost sounds like it's just another normal
release.  Couldn't you make it something like "This landmark version
marks the 31st release of..."

Thom

Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
Dave Page
Дата:
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:22 AM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:

> The PostgerSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release
> of PostgreSQL 9.0, the 31st release of the world's leading open source
> relational database system.

s/Team/Group


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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
Joshua Tolley
Дата:
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 06:22:52PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> On 6/18/10 5:42 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 17:22 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> >>> "The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release
> >>> of version 9.0. "
> >>>
> >>> Maybe "PostgreSQL 9.0" instead of "version 9.0"?
> >> Yeah, tried that too, it seemed repetitive.  You don't think so?
>
> Well, one of the things I've thought was the following:
>
> The PostgerSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release
> of PostgreSQL 9.0, the 31st release of the world's leading open source
> relational database system.
>
> ... however, that seemed excessively wordy.  No?

It's approaching wordiness, but it still has my vote (minus the typo). If I'm
in the minority on this one, however, my second choice has us using two
sentences:

    The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release of
    PostgreSQL 9.0. This is the 31st release of the world's leading open
    source relational database system.

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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
Michael Alan Brewer
Дата:
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Joshua Tolley <eggyknap@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 06:22:52PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> On 6/18/10 5:42 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>> Well, one of the things I've thought was the following:
>>
>> The PostgerSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release
>> of PostgreSQL 9.0, the 31st release of the world's leading open source
>> relational database system.
>>
>> ... however, that seemed excessively wordy.  No?
>
> It's approaching wordiness, but it still has my vote (minus the typo). If I'm
> in the minority on this one, however, my second choice has us using two
> sentences:
>
>    The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release of
>    PostgreSQL 9.0. This is the 31st release of the world's leading open
>    source relational database system.

I like both these versions, but could we use a different word to
replace the second "release"? I don't know if "version" would be
appropriate, but we should use some synonym. (We shouldn't have so
many "releases" so close together, as it were. ;) )

---Michael Brewer
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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

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"Kevin Grittner"
Дата:
>Joshua Tolley <eggyknap@gmail.com> wrote:

> This is the 31st release of the world's leading open source
> relational database system.

What does that number represent?  I see 26 releases of 8.0 alone, so
it would appear we're not counting minor releases.  Are we counting
everything starting with Stonebraker?  All the way back to Ingres?

Without some explanation or context, this will just be confusing for
most readers.

-Kevin

Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

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Chris Browne
Дата:
thombrown@gmail.com (Thom Brown) writes:
>>    The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release of
>>    PostgreSQL 9.0. This is the 31st release of the world's leading open
>>    source relational database system.
>>
>
> Hmm... saying 31st almost sounds like it's just another normal
> release.  Couldn't you make it something like "This landmark version
> marks the 31st release of..."

Equivocating a bit...

 - It *is* routine to let out new releases of PostgreSQL.

   Sufficiently routine that it has happened 31 times.  That there is
   a new release doesn't indicate a "landmark."

 - What is NOT routine, and, presumably, interesting to explain, is
   why this release was sufficiently "landmarkish" (and I'm not loving
   the use of the word "landmark" here, so it will correctly look like
   I'm making a bit of fun of its use :-)) to justify bumping from
   version 8.x to 9.0.

   I recall the Core reasons (at least, those that were expressed) to
   justify the 9.x bump being:

   - The enhancements to WAL replication
   - Availability of pg_migrator

   I might be a bit absent in my recall, but when explaining the 9.x
   bump, it's pretty apropos to jump back to "Why Did They Decide To
   Bump to 9.0?" and we can surely expect that the items that were at
   the root of that decision should be worth mentioning.
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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

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Bruce Momjian
Дата:
Thom Brown wrote:
> > ? ?The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release of
> > ? ?PostgreSQL 9.0. This is the 31st release of the world's leading open
> > ? ?source relational database system.
> >
>
> Hmm... saying 31st almost sounds like it's just another normal
> release.  Couldn't you make it something like "This landmark version
> marks the 31st release of..."

Getting '31' in there certainly reinforces our seriousness as a
database and as a community.

--
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  EnterpriseDB                             http://enterprisedb.com

  + None of us is going to be here forever. +

Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
Dave Page
Дата:
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> Thom Brown wrote:
>> > ? ?The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release of
>> > ? ?PostgreSQL 9.0. This is the 31st release of the world's leading open
>> > ? ?source relational database system.
>> >
>>
>> Hmm... saying 31st almost sounds like it's just another normal
>> release.  Couldn't you make it something like "This landmark version
>> marks the 31st release of..."
>
> Getting '31' in there certainly reinforces our seriousness as a
> database and as a community.

Only if it has some grounding in fact - noone has answered Kevin's
question yet about what it actually refers to.

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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
Thom Brown
Дата:
On 24 June 2010 09:35, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>> Thom Brown wrote:
>>> > ? ?The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release of
>>> > ? ?PostgreSQL 9.0. This is the 31st release of the world's leading open
>>> > ? ?source relational database system.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Hmm... saying 31st almost sounds like it's just another normal
>>> release.  Couldn't you make it something like "This landmark version
>>> marks the 31st release of..."
>>
>> Getting '31' in there certainly reinforces our seriousness as a
>> database and as a community.
>
> Only if it has some grounding in fact - noone has answered Kevin's
> question yet about what it actually refers to.
>

I can't get to that number either.  If you take the 6 releases from
the 6.x series, 5 from 7.x, 5 from 8.x and then 9, that's 17.  Does
throwing in Postgres95 and POSTGRES 1.x, 2.x, 3.x, 4.x bring it up to
31?

Thom

Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

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Rob Napier
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Firstly, on this momentous day in our country’s history, it’s worth mentioning that our Prime Minister has been ousted in a bloodless coup. We don't get to have the fun that people in OTHER third world countries enjoy: No troops called out. No radio stations or airports stormed. No bombs, no buildings destroyed...

We are a boring lot: It’s un-Australian to get worked up about anything – except when the beer is warm.

Kicking out our leader is not news. This time we have our first female Prime Minister. Hopefully she will do a better job than the last guy.


I've held back making suggestions about the forthcoming launch until I could get my head around a useful approach to preparing the announcement – though I have been tossing a few ideas around with Josh.

I believe that there is a great opportunity to reach a new audience with the release of 9.0 if the announcement is well targeted. I think the stars are in alignment for an upswing of interest in a genuinely open-source database by people who have clung to other choices till now. Conversely, I fear there is a real risk that we will miss the boat if we don’t grasp this opportunity.

So I want to ask some dumb questions to see if I can flesh out the right message. I am not concerned about how many new features it has. I’ll leave others to sort that out. I am more concerned about making it more accessible. e.g. I think this quote is kind of cool:

PostgreSQL is a direct descendent of a project sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and other groups back in 1986. These are the same people who spawned the Internet!

What I want to do is find more interesting pieces just like this to build an article of 700-1000 words that I want to try to get published in a few national magazines. Even if it’s all been said before in one form or another doesn’t matter. It’s time to say it again – but with a more accessible slant. Any suggestions would be a great help.

One thing I’d like to do is find out what it would take to get people who are using other databases to switch. Maybe a few hundred words should be devoted to describing how easy it is to make the switch. Or if it needs more words, to direct people to a site that deals with it. Another issue, I suspect, is that many ISPs don’t support PostgreSQL. If that is the case, what do we have to do to convince them to offer it?

Any other suggestions?

Regards

Rob Napier

Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
Joshua Kramer
Дата:
Hello Everyone,

> What I want to do is find more interesting pieces just like this to build an
> article of 700-1000 words that I want to try to get published in a few
> national magazines. Even if it’s all been said before in one form or another

Just so everyone is aware - Linux Journal accepted my proposal for a
feature-length (~2,500 word) article on PostgreSQL 9, and I have a firm
due date in early August.  The outline is fairly flexible at this point.
My intent was to aim it squarely at the MySQL / PHB crowd, though there
are fewer PHB's than MySQL aficionados that read Linux Journal.

For copyright reasons I can't use the same text as anyone else for any
part of the article, but if we come up with a common strategy we can
appear as a unified front in the various publications that accept articles
about PostgreSQL.

Cheers,
-Joshua Kramer

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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

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Joshua Kramer
Дата:
>       PostgreSQL is a direct descendent of a project sponsored by the
>       Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and other
>       groups back in 1986. These are the same people who spawned the
>       Internet!

Brainstorm: let's think of lots of ways that PostgreSQL is like the
internet.

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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
"Kevin Grittner"
Дата:
Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:

>> Getting '31' in there certainly reinforces our seriousness as a
>> database and as a community.
>
> Only if it has some grounding in fact - noone has answered Kevin's
> question yet about what it actually refers to.

If we base it on this page, we could say it was the 175th release:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release.html

I'm still mystified by the "31" number.

-Kevin

Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
"Joshua D. Drake"
Дата:
On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 12:30 -0400, Joshua Kramer wrote:
> >       PostgreSQL is a direct descendent of a project sponsored by the
> >       Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and other
> >       groups back in 1986. These are the same people who spawned the
> >       Internet!
>
> Brainstorm: let's think of lots of ways that PostgreSQL is like the
> internet.

Other things:

Why this is the perfect time to jump to PostgreSQL with Oracle's
purchase of MySQL.

Licensing

Lack of fragmentation in the OSS space (unlike MySQL)

First class enterprise support (HS/SR/Partitioning/Functions/Recursive
Queries)

etc...

>
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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
"Joshua D. Drake"
Дата:
On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 09:57 -0500, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>
> >> Getting '31' in there certainly reinforces our seriousness as a
> >> database and as a community.
> >
> > Only if it has some grounding in fact - noone has answered Kevin's
> > question yet about what it actually refers to.
>
> If we base it on this page, we could say it was the 175th release:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release.html
>
> I'm still mystified by the "31" number.

Me too and if we are mystified (community members) nobody else is going
to understand the significance.

Joshua D. Drake


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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
Josh Berkus
Дата:
> Me too and if we are mystified (community members) nobody else is going
> to understand the significance.

31 was from my attempt to count major releases by regex.  Clearly I made
a mistake in my regex.

The relevant question isn't what is the number, but is mentioning a
number as all helpful or distracting?

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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
"Joshua D. Drake"
Дата:
On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 10:29 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > Me too and if we are mystified (community members) nobody else is going
> > to understand the significance.
>
> 31 was from my attempt to count major releases by regex.  Clearly I made
> a mistake in my regex.
>
> The relevant question isn't what is the number, but is mentioning a
> number as all helpful or distracting?

The think the number isn't useful.

>

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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
"Kevin Grittner"
Дата:
Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:

> The relevant question isn't what is the number, but is mentioning
> a number as all helpful or distracting?

I think it would be distracting if it isn't given immediate context.
It might be possible for a skillful wordsmith to spin a positive
from the years of development since PostgreSQL 6.0 emerged, with a
major features release about once per year since then, from hundreds
of contributors.

And if you're thinking about numbers, don't forget the active
community of users and developers which provides support which (at
least in my experience) is far superior to that of any commercial
vendor.  If you could get a count of distinct people who have
responded to posts on these lists (no small feat, I'm sure), it
would give some sense of the scale of the community and the
resources at the disposal of those who need help.

-Kevin

Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
"Joshua D. Drake"
Дата:
On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 12:30 -0400, Joshua Kramer wrote:
> >       PostgreSQL is a direct descendent of a project sponsored by the
> >       Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and other
> >       groups back in 1986. These are the same people who spawned the
> >       Internet!
>
> Brainstorm: let's think of lots of ways that PostgreSQL is like the
> internet.

Other things:

Why this is the perfect time to jump to PostgreSQL with Oracle's
purchase of MySQL.

Licensing

Lack of fragmentation in the OSS space (unlike MySQL)

First class enterprise support (HS/SR/Partitioning/Functions/Recursive
Queries)

etc...

>
> --
>
> -----
> http://www.globalherald.net/jb01
> GlobalHerald.NET, the Smarter Social Network! (tm)
>

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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
"Joshua D. Drake"
Дата:
On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 09:57 -0500, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>
> >> Getting '31' in there certainly reinforces our seriousness as a
> >> database and as a community.
> >
> > Only if it has some grounding in fact - noone has answered Kevin's
> > question yet about what it actually refers to.
>
> If we base it on this page, we could say it was the 175th release:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release.html
>
> I'm still mystified by the "31" number.

Me too and if we are mystified (community members) nobody else is going
to understand the significance.

Joshua D. Drake


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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
"Joshua D. Drake"
Дата:
On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 10:29 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > Me too and if we are mystified (community members) nobody else is going
> > to understand the significance.
>
> 31 was from my attempt to count major releases by regex.  Clearly I made
> a mistake in my regex.
>
> The relevant question isn't what is the number, but is mentioning a
> number as all helpful or distracting?

The think the number isn't useful.

>

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Re: First stab at 9.0 release announcement

От
Josh Berkus
Дата:
All,

After some thought, I reorganized the release draft around the quotes we
have (so far) as well as making it stick to the themes we have.  Again,
here's the theme:

1) HS/SR
2) Many many new features

It still needs some wordsmithing though.  Please help.

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