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From: Lance Albertson <ramereth@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] gentoo-dev-announce list
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 04:11:41
Message-Id: 449E0A81.5070608@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] gentoo-dev-announce list by Marius Mauch
1 Marius Mauch wrote:
2 > On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 22:30:31 -0500
3 > Lance Albertson <ramereth@g.o> wrote:
4 >
5 >> Donnie Berkholz wrote:
6 >>
7 >>> I propose that all need-to-know announcements and decisions be
8 >>> posted to a separate, moderated (or restricted posting)
9 >>> gentoo-dev-announce list to ensure that no developers lose track of
10 >>> what really matters. Hopefully, this will also help to give more
11 >>> focus to discussions on gentoo-dev because the goal will be to get
12 >>> a real decision to send to gentoo-dev-announce.
13 >> Outside if this being more centered around dev-only announcements,
14 >> could the current -announce list suffice? I'd hate to need to
15 >> subscribe to yet-another-announcement-list (or make our
16 >> developers/users). Our -announce list certainly has the historical
17 >> presence where the most of our user-base would see something. I guess
18 >> if this isn't the case, then I don't see a problem with the new list.
19 >
20 > The main problem with -announce is that noone has a clue how to get
21 > stuff posted there, similar situation as with the frontpage.
22 > Not really convenient if you have to bug people just to get a hint who
23 > to bribe to get stuff posted.
24
25 Those are issues that can be delt with. I wondered if this was one of
26 the reasons behind the idea. If we need to work out a better process,
27 just let us know :) I don't recall someone asking us lately about it. I
28 don't know all the specifics, but I know we can fix it or make it work.
29
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