Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs. pgfoundry.org

2004-03-19 Thread Chris Ryan
--- David Garamond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --snip -- Also, we're targetting the developers right? Please do not consider ourselves as being too stupid to differentiate between postgresql.org -- snip -- IMO this point of view is a short-sighted and narrow one. In addition to trying

Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs. pgfoundry.org

2004-03-12 Thread Tom Lane
[ I'm pushing Robert's comment over into the pghackers thread... ] Robert Treat [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I wasn't going to force the issue just for my own sake... but ISTM Tom, Peter, myself and possibly others were all confused somewhat by the switch. Anyway... the only real point that I

Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs.

2004-03-12 Thread Robert Treat
On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 10:37, Tom Lane wrote: Jeroen T. Vermeulen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 02:42:47PM -, Dave Page wrote: We need some distinction between the core project sites and other project sites - istm that a different domain is the only way to do that.

Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs.

2004-03-12 Thread Thomas Swan
quote who=Tom Lane My feeling is that we want people to consider these projects as closely tied to the Postgres community and so postgresql.something is just right. I can see there are different opinions out there though... foundry.postgresql.org? ---(end of

Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs.

2004-03-12 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 10:43:34AM -0600, Thomas Swan wrote: foundry.postgresql.org? Been through that one... Too long when you have to add project name as well. Jeroen ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster

Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs.

2004-03-12 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Joshua D. Drake wrote: IMHO, the domain name isn't the make/break of whether going to GForge will succeed ... the success will be a matter of marketing it, and making sure that its project are well known ... personally, focusing on the domain is like focusing on the

Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs.

2004-03-12 Thread Rod Taylor
On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 11:52, Jeroen T. Vermeulen wrote: On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 10:43:34AM -0600, Thomas Swan wrote: foundry.postgresql.org? Been through that one... Too long when you have to add project name as well. I don't understand why. Presumably the postgresql.org website will

Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs.

2004-03-12 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Tom Lane wrote: This also brings up the thought that if we do want to use pgfoundry.org, we'd better register pgfoundry.net and pgfoundry.com before someone else does. I did all three simultaneously for exactly that reason Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org

Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs.

2004-03-12 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Rod Taylor wrote: On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 13:30, Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Rod Taylor wrote: Having all PostgreSQL related material under one domain is beneficial to the project. Our big issue isn't the domain is too long, it is difficult find

Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs.

2004-03-12 Thread Rod Taylor
On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 13:30, Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Rod Taylor wrote: Having all PostgreSQL related material under one domain is beneficial to the project. Our big issue isn't the domain is too long, it is difficult find the subproject in the first place. the

Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs.

2004-03-12 Thread Tom Lane
Marc G. Fournier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the projects site will not be under postgresql.org ... postgresql.net is available for it, but not postgresql.org ... we are keeping that domain clean for any future stuff we want to do with the core project ... I agree we don't want

Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs.

2004-03-12 Thread Frank Wiles
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:36:47 -0500 Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marc G. Fournier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the projects site will not be under postgresql.org ... postgresql.net is available for it, but not postgresql.org ... we are keeping that domainclean for any future stuff we want

Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs.

2004-03-12 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Tom Lane wrote: Since we do already own pgfoundry.org, could we satisfy everybody by dual-naming the project sites? That is, have both project.pgfoundry.org project.pgfoundry.postgresql.org point to the same place? no objection here ... my only object

Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs.

2004-03-12 Thread Josh Berkus
Tom, Since we do already own pgfoundry.org, could we satisfy everybody by dual-naming the project sites? That is, have both project.pgfoundry.org project.pgfoundry.postgresql.org point to the same place? Sounds good to me if it's doable via DNS. -- -Josh Berkus Aglio

Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs.

2004-03-12 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Josh Berkus wrote: Tom, Since we do already own pgfoundry.org, could we satisfy everybody by dual-naming the project sites? That is, have both project.pgfoundry.org project.pgfoundry.postgresql.org point to the same place? Sounds good to me if it's

Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs.

2004-03-12 Thread Robert Treat
On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 13:36, Tom Lane wrote: Marc G. Fournier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the projects site will not be under postgresql.org ... postgresql.net is available for it, but not postgresql.org ... we are keeping that domain clean for any future stuff we want to do with the core

Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs.

2004-03-12 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 01:02:00PM -0600, Frank Wiles wrote: As for the length of the URL, I think any developer or user of PostgreSQL is knowledgeable enough to take advantage of browser bookmarks. :) I've heard this said a several times now, but that doesn't make me feel any

Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs.

2004-03-11 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Tom Lane wrote: Jeroen T. Vermeulen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here's another idea: couldn't we have a subdomain for the projects, as in project.forge.postgresql.org? Or would that be too long? That would be okay with me ... I'd go for too long myself ... Marc

Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs.

2004-03-11 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Gavin M. Roy wrote: I think having a pgfoundry.postgresql.net/org is good, but it should have its own identity, pgfoundry.org for the main url gets my vote for what it's worth. I like the shortness myself ... IMHO, the domain name isn't the make/break of whether going to

Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] The Name Game: postgresql.net vs.

2004-03-11 Thread Joshua D. Drake
IMHO, the domain name isn't the make/break of whether going to GForge will succeed ... the success will be a matter of marketing it, and making sure that its project are well known ... personally, focusing on the domain is like focusing on the name of a car when you buy it, not on its features