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Stuart Herbert posted <1130784979.10542.32.camel@××××××××××××××.org>, |
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excerpted below, on Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:56:19 +0000: |
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>> Reading gentoo-announce should be mandatory. |
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> I think that statement ignores a basic human truth - that not every user |
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> likes using mailing lists. Just like not every user likes using forums. |
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While you have a point, note that lists aren't the /only/ way posts to |
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announce get spread. As I mentioned in a post to a different subthread, |
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the real circulation of announce is far higher. I and presumably a decent |
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number of others read it thru gmane's list2news gateway. (As you say, not |
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everyone likes mail, I prefer news.) As announce will be read-only for |
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most folks, those reading it there won't subscribe thru Gentoo in digest |
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or vacation mode as they do with this list, for instance. |
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LWN.net is another well recognized source for news in the Linux community, |
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and they cover Gentoo well enough that it's where I first got interested |
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in Gentoo. (I also rate LWN highly enough that I'm willing to |
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pay them real money for a subscription, a rare thing for internet news |
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sites, beyond the WSJ at least.) Currently, LWN covers releases, GLSAs, |
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and of course GWN. LWN probably gets the GLSAs and release |
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announcements thru the announce list (and likely gets GWN thru its list), |
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so would cover other news, if posted to announce, as well. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in |
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http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html |
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