Rob Napier wrote:
I think this quote is kind of cool:
I hadn't seen that quote, so I checked the History page:PostgreSQL is a direct descendent of a project sponsored by the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and other
groups back in 1986. These are the same people who spawned the
Internet!
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and other
groups back in 1986. These are the same people who spawned the
Internet!
Sure enough, not there. But I found this:
Version 8.0 is PostgreSQL's long awaited debut into the enterprise
database market, bringing features such as tablespaces, Java
stored procedures, point in time recovery, and nested transactions
(savepoints). With it came a long awaited feature --- a native
Windows port.
Perhaps this part should be replaced with every new release? (Idatabase market, bringing features such as tablespaces, Java
stored procedures, point in time recovery, and nested transactions
(savepoints). With it came a long awaited feature --- a native
Windows port.
would suggest ripping it out entirely except that it seems to me
that the history would come off as much more "dry" without something
of this sort which is current.)
In fact, given the long list of features this page gives for what
was added in the 7.0 to 7.4 time frame, perhaps that should be
folded in with the features from 8.0 to 8.4 at this point, too, and
maintained with each new release?
I started this here rather than -www because the hard part (and the
first part) is writing something good from an advocacy POV. Perhaps
updating the History page should be part of whatever checklist
exists for releasing a new major version.
-Kevin