Re: announcing beta on pg homepage

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Josh Berkus wrote:
>> Robert, Bruce,
>>
>>> Presumably the "whats new in 8.0" link will be replaced with a link to
>>> "Participate in the Beta Program" which would probably point to
>>> http://www.postgresql.org/developer/beta.  On that page we can put up in
>>> big flashing letters "Please report all bugs/problems to the
>>> pgsql-hackers@postgresql mailing list"
>>
>> Um, shouldn't they report to pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org, or use the webform?
>> We don't exactly want a bunch of "I can't connect to the database" appearing
>> on -hackers.
>
> Yes, they can use bugs, but they should also be subscribed to hackers so
> they can get information about changes.

I don't agree with this, mainly because it will limit the # willing to do
beta testing if it requires getting inundated with yet another list ... we
should be encouraging ppl to download and report bugs, not trying to limit
them :(

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