Re: Press Release -- Just Waiting for Tom

From: Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: greg(at)turnstep(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Press Release -- Just Waiting for Tom
Date: 2002-11-17 23:44:36
Message-ID: 3DD829E4.983F91C3@postgresql.org
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Hi Greg,

greg(at)turnstep(dot)com wrote:
<snip>
> > saving business and government millions of dollars each year.
>
> Should this be "businesses and governments"? Perhaps simply
> "saving businesses millions...."?

"businesses and governments" is the way to go then. :)

<snip>
> > Source for this release is available on all mirrors under:
> > http://www.postgresql.org/pub/source/v7.3
>
> This is a bad URL to give out. The URL as entered above into a
> browser returns a 404 error. (ideally it should return a list of mirrors
> and then redirect, but that's an issue for another day). In addition,
> the casual reader may not understand the concept of "mirrors".

There is a "Download" page on the Advocacy site that has pointers to the
7.2 source tarball, RPM, and source RPM. This page will definitely be
updated to point to the 7.3 versions at release time, so maybe it's
worth pointing to that page, and therefore giving them further
information (through the Advocacy site) to take a look at if they're
curious?

>
> > http://advocacy.postgresql.org
>
> This should have a trailing slash on it.

Why? Trailing slashes look awkward on domain names.

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

<snip>
> Greg Sabino Mullane greg(at)turnstep(dot)com
> PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200211171757

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