Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: GLEP 42 "Critical News Reporting" Round Two

[Stuart Herbert <stuart@gentoo.org>]

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On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 20:11 +0100, Grobian wrote:
> Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> > That's your first misconception right there. Most users don't sign up
> > for things.
> 
> Doesn't matter.

I think it does.  I believe that is the root cause of our difficulty in
getting news to our users.  We rely on our users coming to us to find
the news.  If they don't do that, they don't get the news.

Our aim is to put the news in front of 100% of our userbase.  Not the
small fractions who check each of the places where news is currently
published.

> Besides that, I see no arguments why users don't.  No proof either.

No proof?!?  

Did you read the original blog posting which kicked this off?  Or the
thread in the forums where our users claim the Apache upgrade was a
surprise - even though this was a well-trailed change?  That's just one
change.

I don't understand the problem from your point of view.  No, scratch
that.  I don't understand your point of view.  You're coming across to
me as someone who doesn't believe there's a problem that needs solving.

I'm tempted to forcibly co-opt you into the PHP team before we put
dev-lang/php live.  This would allow you to experience the situation for
yourself.  Maybe that would give you another perspective? ;-)

Best regards,
Stu
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Stuart Herbert                                         stuart@gentoo.org
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