Re: [MASSMAIL]Re: PG "Users" page?
"Gilberto Castillo" <[email protected]>
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> > >> On 11 Sep 2016, at 17:27, Justin Clift <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 11 Sep 2016, at 17:14, Dave Page <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 11 Sep 2016, at 16:55, Justin Clift <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi us, >>>> >>>> Just noticed that our Featured Users page has “Sun Microsystems” >>>> listed: >>>> >>>> https://www.postgresql.org/about/users/ >>>> (Under “Technology” at the bottom) >>>> >>>> Should we update that to say “Oracle” :D … or maybe just nuke that >>>> entry? >>> >>> That page is completely unmaintained. I proposed removing it a couple >>> of years back, but was met with strong objections coupled with a >>> complete lack of volunteers to actually do the work to keep it up to >>> date. >>> >>> I strongly feel it should be removed still - it is probably responsible >>> for 25% of emails to webmaster@ from random companies requesting >>> inclusion. >> >> Do they seem like legit requests, or more like companies not really >> using >> PG? >> >> If it seems like the 2nd, maybe we could have a policy like this? >> >> “We’re happy to include any company here who actively helps out on >> our mailing lists, and describes in detail their PostgreSQL usage >> on their website.” >> >> That’s coming from a “lets set a high bar to meet” perspective, which >> might help weed out nuisance requests. :) > > Oh, I'm sure the majority are legit. The point is that it's a 'Featured' > user page, not just a random list of users which would be so incomplete > and, well, random, that it would have little use. > > A featured list requires assessment of requests, some sort of inclusion > criteria, and one or more people to deal with all that, make the decision > and update the site. We're generally pretty bad at doing that sort of > thing. > Uhmmm, Who have all the information? Who knows the way on how to check the information? This is point!!! -- Saludos, Gilberto Castillo ETECSA, La Habana, Cuba -- Sent via pgsql-advocacy mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-advocacy