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 1EYSBA-0002Nv-Dm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 17:50:12 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jA5HnUv4013183; Sat, 5 Nov 2005 17:49:30 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jA5HklNM010419 for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2005 17:46:47 GMT Received: from 82-41-57-20.cable.ubr08.edin.blueyonder.co.uk ([82.41.57.20] helo=snowdrop.home) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1EYS7q-0004hC-Js for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 17:46:46 +0000 Received: from localhost.home ([127.0.0.1] helo=snowdrop.home) by snowdrop.home with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1EYS7l-0008Nt-Ly for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 17:46:41 +0000 Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 17:46:39 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 42 "Critical News Reporting" Round Two Message-ID: <20051105174639.032d3bf9@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <1131190463.13050.29.camel@localhost> References: <20051105005814.0de0d8ff@snowdrop.home> <1131190463.13050.29.camel@localhost> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.99-rc2 (GTK+ 2.6.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) 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 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Signature_Sat__5_Nov_2005_17_46_39_+0000_6np8HI9XNpgNXPt9; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 12e1d8d6-6895-44cd-a0e6-3231a5533990 X-Archives-Hash: 05ccdd5678ac2edf47cceefa621ec793 --Signature_Sat__5_Nov_2005_17_46_39_+0000_6np8HI9XNpgNXPt9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 11:34:23 +0000 Lisa Seelye wrote: | The first is the method of delivery: Through 'emerge sync', which | requires that users run this on a regular basis to receive relevant | news. Further, this process can take a very long time and transfers a | relatively large amount of data along with the news. |=20 | My second concern is the frequency that users sync. A stated concern | is getting news to users before it is too late. Is there any way to | gauge the number of unique users which sync on a regular basis? When | is "too late"? Is there an acceptable window for delivering news? | It is not uncommon for me to refrain from running emerge sync (or | even cvs up on the entire gentoo-x86 tree) for weeks or months on | machines I wish to keep somewhat static. Well... If a user doesn't sync, they're not going to get hit by upgrade problems. So so long as news items are kept around for a "sufficiently long" period of time, there aren't going to be issues. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Anti-XML, anti-newbie conspiracy) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Signature_Sat__5_Nov_2005_17_46_39_+0000_6np8HI9XNpgNXPt9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDbPAB96zL6DUtXhERAkKbAKCp+A5SvBHkrS6JU6j0n/hXLSrTDQCff1Ic x5cVxPeoZTUsmMNNssdS6fQ= =/L1a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Sat__5_Nov_2005_17_46_39_+0000_6np8HI9XNpgNXPt9-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list