Re: [HACKERS] Email signature in release announcement posting

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Email signature in release announcement posting
Date: 2007-04-24 19:54:49
Message-ID: 200704241954.l3OJsnD20049@momjian.us
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Josh Berkus wrote:
> Bruce, All,
>
> (x-posting to Advocacy, hopefully to forestall flames)
>
> > I want to apologize for having my signature at the bottom of the 8.2.4,
> > etc. release announcement. There is no reason to mention my name,
> > company, and web site at the bottom of something that is supposed to
> > come from the community. And I didn't even write that email --- I was
> > doing it for someone else. I also didn't realize my email would be
> > picked up, verbatum, by web sites:
> >
> > http://lwn.net/Articles/231517/
> >
> > As soon as I saw the posted version I knew the signature looked odd. I
> > will try to remember to remove it in the future if I ever have to make
> > such announcements again.
>
> Gah. Well, we learn something every time. I think we should create a
> bruce(at)postgresql(dot)org account for you just to post official notices; this will

I am momjian(at)postgresql(dot)org(dot) Yea, I could use that to post. Never even
thought of that.

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