From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Archives policy |
Date: | 2009-04-16 19:16:56 |
Message-ID: | 20090416191655.GB7709@alvh.no-ip.org |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> writes:
> > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> >> Altogether that page now reads like, our archiving system is too stupid to
> >> handle removals and we are too busy to bother. Not sure if that will serve to
> >> convince people. "Extremely difficult" is after all the same as "possible".
>
> > Well that is essentially correct :-) Any suggestions for alternative text?
>
> The really key point is the one about there being many copies of our
> archives that we have no control over, so asking us to remove our
> copy accomplishes nothing worth the complainant's trouble. The rest is
> unlikely to deter anyone.
Complainant is of course free to pursue removal from the mirror
archives; and ours being the primary source, I think it's fair to say
that we agreeing that it should be removed makes it easier for them to
get them removed from the other sources.
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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support
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