Re: First Draft of 8.2 Release

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Josh Berkus wrote:
>> Ron, all,
>>
>>> On 8/31/06, Ron Mayer <rm_pg@cheapcomplexdevices.com> wrote:
>>>>  "PostgreSQL's extensible architecture has lead to a large community
>>>>   of extensions ranging from additional procedural languages,
>>>>   interfaces to external systems, new index types, and replication
>>>>   and high availability tools that are hosted on the official
>>>>   PostgreSQL community project site www.pgfoundry.org.   Community
>>>>   projects that have made significant advances in the 8.2 release
>>>>   cycle include [pgpool|pljava|full_disjunction - whatever the list
>>>> was]."
>>
>> Thanks!   I don't think that can go in the main release, though,
>> unless we're really hurting for content.  But it can certainly go on
>> the Press Page.

Yeah it was too verbose.  Here's similar in about half the words;
and no doubt could be trimmed further.
"PostgreSQL's extensible architecture enabled extensions ranging from new procedural languages to replication and high
availabilitytools hosted on the official PostgreSQL project site www.pgfoundry.org." 

> We need to find a way to promote some of these projects in the 8.2
> release. Although I think the above is a bit verbose, lets make sure we
>  do include reference to pgfoundry.

I think the thoughts that should come across in the press release
are (a) postgresql's extensibility is better than others, and
(b) pgfoundry's the right place to find such extensions.