Re: Postgres derived databases

["Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>]

> Hi,
> 
> I have started work on a list of Postgres derived databases 
> [1]. It would probably make sense to only cover PostgreSQL 
> derived databases, which would drop Illustra and PostgreSQL 
> itself from the list.
> 
> Also it would make sense to add to this table a number of fields:
> - name of the company that owns/develops the database
> - availability (since/until)
> 
> Maybe it also makes sense to list if they contribute code 
> back at all or not. Not sure.
> 
> It might make sense to add this to the about section of the 
> main site [2]. Its sort of marketing-ish I would say
> 
> I never added anything to the PostgreSQL site, so before I go 
> through the trouble of finding the ins and outs I wanted to 
> get a go ahead from this list. If I do get a go ahead a few 
> pointers about how to proceed would also be nice.

I think this sounds interesting. Your options are basicalyl either to
use techdocs (which would make it really easy to add), or to create a
standard page. To create a standard page, look at the stuff that's in
template/ in the web cvs tree
(http://gborg.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/portal/template/?cvsroot
=pgweb) to see how they are made.


//Magnus