From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EX1vm-00055W-UX for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2005 19:36:27 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jA1JZ3A1016461; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 19:35:03 GMT Received: from mail.gnqs.org (myrddraal.demon.co.uk [62.49.28.63]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jA1JX9T7019356 for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 19:33:09 GMT Received: from mogheiden.gnqs.org ([192.168.0.20]) by mail.gnqs.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1EX1sZ-0004Ob-5s for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2005 19:33:09 +0000 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: GLEP 42 (Was: Getting Important Updates To Users) From: Stuart Herbert To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20051101075631.GB18490@superlupo.rechner> References: <200511010836.29453.chriswhite@gentoo.org> <46059ce10510311541s6bf5bb1csc19d330ef714a3d4@mail.gmail.com> <46059ce10510311552m4d6cb06eje22d7c31651c8a3c@mail.gmail.com> <20051101075631.GB18490@superlupo.rechner> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-qnCLpPq6RtwrNGSi7b67" Organization: Gentoo Linux Project Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 19:32:34 +0000 Message-Id: <1130873554.8565.2.camel@mogheiden.gnqs.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: Spam detection software, running on the system "demandred.gnqs.org", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 08:56 +0100, Wernfried Haas wrote: > On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 06:52:04PM -0500, Dan Meltzer wrote: > > 1) Why post to forums.g.o if its on www, why would one check forums > > instead of www. > Redundancy - to get the attention of those folks that for whatever > reason visit the forums and not www.gentoo.org in a specific time > interval. The more places you cover, the more likely people will see it > somewhere. We've been doing that with GLSAs for quite a while now. [...] Content analysis details: (-2.8 points, 7.5 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -2.8 ALL_TRUSTED Did not pass through any untrusted hosts X-Archives-Salt: 6f6241a3-365a-457c-87bc-9da9a028ef75 X-Archives-Hash: 7ee370e34d15b1fcbfd181fb08e78efe --=-qnCLpPq6RtwrNGSi7b67 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 08:56 +0100, Wernfried Haas wrote: > On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 06:52:04PM -0500, Dan Meltzer wrote: > > 1) Why post to forums.g.o if its on www, why would one check forums > > instead of www. > Redundancy - to get the attention of those folks that for whatever > reason visit the forums and not www.gentoo.org in a specific time > interval. The more places you cover, the more likely people will see it > somewhere. We've been doing that with GLSAs for quite a while now. The users I've spoken to about our news situation have expressly stated that one of their concerns is that there are *too many* places to check for news. They're not looking for us to scatter news across many mediums - they want one place to go. Best regards, Stu --=20 Stuart Herbert stuart@gentoo.org Gentoo Developer http://www.gentoo.org/ http://stu.gnqs.org/diary/ GnuGP key id# F9AFC57C available from http://pgp.mit.edu Key fingerprint =3D 31FB 50D4 1F88 E227 F319 C549 0C2F 80BA F9AF C57C -- --=-qnCLpPq6RtwrNGSi7b67 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBDZ8LSDC+AuvmvxXwRAjt/AJwN6oqWbFCPi94YTMo9owh17W1fCACfUv9Q tTKMmWdOq0rnRJWZ5ijOqS0= =ey3c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-qnCLpPq6RtwrNGSi7b67-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list