Re: Postgres idea list

On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Tom Lane wrote:

> "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com> writes:
> > Since you asked, here are some ideas and thoughts I've been batting
> > around:
>
> Some of these strike me as good ideas, some not, but for the moment I
> don't want to get dragged into debating them individually. The thought
> that kept coming to me as I read your list is: who exactly is going to
> *do* all this stuff? I sure don't want to. Reflecting on it leads me
> to realize that our existing project leadership (core committee and
> other key people) is mostly technically-focused people. We have been
> doing a good job of providing technical leadership, and a pretty
> good job of providing project infrastructure, but anything to do with
> marketing, promotion, or advocacy has been given the cold shoulder,
> I think.
>
> We need a few volunteers with the time and inclination to do that kind
> of work.
>
> It also occurs to me that discussing this on -hackers, which is a
> technically focused list, is itself somewhat wrongheaded. The best
> list we have for it at the moment is -general, but I wonder whether we
> shouldn't create a list centered around project promotion and outreach
> concerns.

You mean a list like ... oh, I don't know ...
pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org? :)