From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Lamar Owen <lowen(at)pari(dot)edu> |
Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, elein <elein(at)varlena(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Two Flyers |
Date: | 2004-07-11 02:06:50 |
Message-ID: | 200407110206.i6B26os11263@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Lamar Owen wrote:
> On Saturday 10 July 2004 14:04, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Lamar Owen wrote:
> > > Our upcoming 6.5 release marks the development team's final
> > > mastery of the source code we inherited from Berkeley.
>
> > That phrase is even in our release notes:
> > This release marks a major step in the development team's mastery of
> > the source code we inherited from Berkeley.
>
> Not the same phrase, and the second one, in the release notes, doesn't sound
> arrogant at all. It's the 'final' portion that caught my eyebrow....
>
> > and, yes, it was me who wrote that. Many felt it was embarrasing to
> > admit we didn't have full understanding of all the PostgreSQL modules
> > before 6.5, but it was the truth, so if you thought it was arrogant, I
> > must have struck the right balance.
>
> Some balance... But, yes, I was lurking the lists at the time and I remember
> some of the comments. The mastery has certainly increased since then. But
> 'final mastery' is somewhat an asymptotic goal, no?
Yes, "final" mastery wasn't my wording. Not even sure if that makes
sense in this context.
> The release notes have the right balance, because they leave room for the
> (realized) improvements since 6.5. I look forward to the next five years,
> given the strides that have been made in the last five.
>
> > The Sloney elephant looks like he has an attitude, though. :-)
>
> Hmmm, just now noticed that. My preference is the 'slonik' one; the Slony one
> looks as if one has angered him/her.
>
> But the PostGIS one takes the prize. Talk about World Domination...
Ah, yes, very cute.
I think maybe we should make our catch phrase:
Fortress PostgreSQL: The Bomb
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