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Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 01:42 +0000, Stuart Herbert wrote: |
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>>There is *only one time* we can guarantee that we'll have a user's |
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>>attention. That's right after the message that tells a user how many |
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>>CONFIG_PROTECT files they need to fix by running etc-update. |
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> I definitely like the --news idea. |
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I think this is a great idea too. |
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>>Some of those who hold the keys to those places have actively resisted |
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>>this in the past. Personally, I don't think the front page or |
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>>gentoo-announce will reach many more users than the Forums et al already |
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>>do. |
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> Well, I think that if users knew that information would be on these |
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> places, they might actually check them. Currently, little to no |
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> information ever makes it to either of these locations, so users never |
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> bother to check them. If we were to change that, I'm sure users would |
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> eventually pick up on the fact. |
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I would agree with Chris here too. As long as we start using this |
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channel more and we get the word out, folks will start to be more |
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attentive to it. We can't satisfy every user out there and I think this |
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channel has a good chance of working. |
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Lance Albertson <ramereth@g.o> |
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