On 01/12/2016 06:58 AM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Three companies offered PR help with the release: EDB, Equinux, and
> Dalibo. I know that other companies have paid PR staff, some of them
> quite good ones. So while I'm down with giving advice to the EDB folks
> on being community-friendly, I'm really not happy with the amount of
> shit they get from various members of the community every release,
> especially from employees of companies who could have offered PR help
> and didn't.
>
> Renee did a terrific job getting the 9.5 release in front of analysts
> and publications who don't return my calls; I would say that 60% of our
> english-language press coverage is due to her team's efforts.
>
> Yes, it's worth discussing "how can we do better next time". But
> EnterpriseDB is, as a company, a big contributor to the PostgreSQL
> project, so please let's treat the EDB folks as contributors and stop
> with the shit-fests.
I do not see that. I see some legitimate questions and some thoughtful
and insightful replies that, to my satisfaction at least, addressed
those questions. Basically the way a community is supposed to work.
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Adrian Klaver
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