Re: Time to start the PR machine

Greg,

> No, I'm not yet, but feel free to set me up (username: turnstep). Of
> course, I'm also a big fan of email as we can discuss ideas without
> actually committing them. Hmm - I could see a good use of subversions
> property tagging for something like that...

You're added. SVN will have to wait, though.

> I always learned it was a grammar thing, and that the serial comma should
> always be included to prevent ambiguity. Even Strunk and White says so.
> The only place that omits them anymore is US newspapers, and even there it
> is finally dying out. Since this is a global press release, I say we add
> that final serial comma in, and weather the storm of angry newspaper
> editors. ;)

Well, it's not a grammar thing; it's a style thing. However, I don't care
that much personally, so I'm fine with putting them in if other people care.

> "8-way, 16-way, dual-core, and multi-core servers."

Sounds good to me. One of my primary reasons for mentioning it at all is as a
not-very-subtle way of saying "Hey! PostgreSQL runs on high-end hardware!"

> I was thinking of plural "bitmap scans" at the start, but it reads well
> either way. But it definintely is two words - we even use "bitmaps" alone
> in the paragraph, which emphasizes that this is a specific type of scan.
> Note that we say "Bitmap Heap Scan" and "Bitmap Index Scan" in our
> EXPLAIN output...

Hmm ... so "Bitmap Scan" then as the name of the feature?

> Just wanted to COA by asking this before someone else outside the community
> does.

Yes. I figure the "up to" protects us some.

> This is the second major version with full native Win32 support. The
> previous version saw over 1 billion* downloads for the Windows platform.
>
> * Someone check that figure

Try 700,000.

>
> >> Mention the new options available (bizgres, enterprisedb, etc.) even if
> >> only generically?
> >
> > Hmmm ... suggest wording?
>
> Dunno. Could be tricky to tie it into 8.1 specifically.

Yes. Let me know if inspiration strikes.

> Thanks for the feedback. This release is coming along a lot smoother than
> the last one.

Experience.

> Do we also have a draft of the other release yet?

No, I'm waiting to see the official Coverity report.

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco