Re: Pgfoundry and gborg: shut one down

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us (Bruce Momjian) wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Thomas Hallgren <thomas(at)tada(dot)se> writes:
>> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> >> Having run had both pgfoundary and gborg for several years, I think we
>> >> have to conclude that any clean migration is never going to happen, so
>> >> let's just pick a server and announce date, and shut one of them off.
>>
>> > I've repeatedly asked for help moving my PL/Java stuff over to pgfoundry and offered my help
>> > in the process,
>>
>> Indeed, we haven't made any particular effort to encourage gborg
>> projects to move. I think it's a bit premature to hold a gun to
>> their heads.
>
> If we don't push folks, nothing will happen, which is what has happened
> for years now. Let's set a date and tell people to move, or else.
> Keeping our stuff split like this is not helping us.

Be sure there's a carrot as well as the stick...

pgFoundry does generally look more featureful, which is a good thing.
A choice of CVS and SVN would be a bigger carrot...
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