Re: Policy query: sponsor endorsements

On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 6:39 PM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
> On 08/27/2014 12:02 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> I think it's better to stick to the previous way of having "users"
>> endorse the feature itself. The people who developed it are credited
>> in the release notes, not the press kit.
>
> Well, we'd already told Oleg & Teodor that the release notes weren't the
> appropriate place to credit *sponsors*.  And I feel that the press kit
> is more appropriate than the release notes for this purpose.  Do note
> that I'm talking about the extended press kit (i.e. the web page), not
> the release announcement.

True,the release notes are not for sponsors.

The fact that EY in this case has had their logo and endorsement
posted on every conference presentation the people they sponsored have
made is not enough?


> We do want to "reward" companies for supporting PostgreSQL development,
> and have in the past noted which companies sponsored certain features.
> Otherwise this source of development funding will dry up, and it's easy
> enough for us to give a company a few lines on a web page.

We have? Can you give an example, so we have something to compare to?

I agree it's easy, but you need to figure out exactly who deserves to
be there. How man lines are 2ndquadrant going to get? Salesforce? EDB?
VMWare? There needs to be some sort of criteria.

Maybe something like "those things that are listed as major
enhancements" would work for that - as long as that doesn't send us
spiraling into a discussion about what gets to be listed under major
enhancements...


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