Re: Not wanting to throw a wrench in things

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-www-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-www-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Joshua D. Drake
> Sent: 20 December 2004 20:59
> To: PostgreSQL www
> Subject: [pgsql-www] Not wanting to throw a wrench in things
>

> Initially the sponsorships seemed to make sense again it helps pay for
> bandwidth... however much of the bandwidth is now distributed via
> community members, Command Prompt relays the lists through
> two servers,
> we host the archives, and I know there are several other entities
> that are hosting different services that are not centralized.
>
> I believe that there should be recognition for the work that people
> do to help support the project, but I don't think that we need the
> sponsored banners to do so. I think a sponsors page is enough.

There are over 200 mirror providers who are all entitled to a banner.
Adding them or even 25% or so to a single page would be a pita.

I have been toying with the idea of adding some SSI code to the footer
of the new site, and allowing mirrors to enable SSI and include a
non-mirrored file containing their name - resulting in something like:
"Mirror sponsored by: XYZ Widget Corp".

That of course, doesn't help the FTP mirrors...

> Third: Archives again
>
> I know that the person that did the aspseek work for the search engine
> did a LOT of work but I think we should let google handle our
> searching.
> We already do this on techdocs. We also may want to consider this for
> straight docs.

It looks naff imho (or can you know re-skin the results?).

Regards, Dave.