Re: PostgreSQL passes MySQL for Freshmeat Downloads

From: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: Jonathan Fuerth <fuerth(at)sqlpower(dot)ca>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Gavin M(dot) Roy" <gmr(at)myyearbook(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL passes MySQL for Freshmeat Downloads
Date: 2008-06-14 04:12:49
Message-ID: B4E67F0CDB458C4205BD01D4@ganymede.hub.org
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- --On Saturday, June 14, 2008 00:04:05 -0400 Jonathan Fuerth
<fuerth(at)sqlpower(dot)ca> wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> I've finished the version alerter. It finds the latest version number
> at http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/, then verifies that version
> number appears in a configurable list of web pages. It's easy to add
> new ones.
>
> Right now, I've got it up and running against the PostgreSQL entries
> on freshmeat, SourceForge, and Wikipedia.
>
> Here's what a notification looks like:
>
> ---
>
> From: daemon@(no spam please)
> To: fuerth@(no spam please)
> To: other@(no spam please)
> Subject: Version check alert!
> Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:34:39 -0400 (EDT)
>
> Latest version: 8.3.3
>
> freshmeat: needs update!
> SourceForge: up to date
> Wikipedia: up to date
>
> ---
>
> If all sites are up to date, no email is sent.
>
> If at least one site is out of date, an email like the above is sent
> to a configurable list of people.
>
> If the check itself fails for some reason (HTTP error, scrape fails to
> find latest version, ...) then it will email a different configurable
> list of people (especially me so I can fix it).
>
> So... who would like to be added to which list(s), and how frequently
> should I run the check?

Add me for freshmeat ...

Thx

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