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

[Stuart Herbert <stuart@gentoo.org>]

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On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 10:26 -0500, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> If users are interested in non-critical information, there's already a
> mechanism in place for them to get such things.  They can join the
> mailing lists.  Do we not already have a gentoo-events list?  We also
> have a gentoo-releng list, or gentoo-announce.

At this point, I think you're suggesting that we different news carried
by different mediums.  If so, I think that's very different from the
proposal I'm putting forward.

> > I'm not hoping for a 100% perfect technical solution straight away.
> 
> I am.  Anything less at this point is a half-assed design.  The *design*
> should be 100% from the start.  While implementation can occur in
> stages, you should not design as you go.

I think that's a worthy goal, but looking around, it looks to me that
software design just doesn't work like that in real life.  Designs have
to adapt and change as time passes, not just implementations.

Best regards,
Stu
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Stuart Herbert                                         stuart@gentoo.org
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