Re: v7.3.1 tar ready ... please check it ...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
> Sent: 18 December 2002 16:34
> To: Marc G. Fournier
> Cc: Dave Page; Robert Treat; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] v7.3.1 tar ready ... please check it ...
>
>
> "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> 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