From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jd8pB-0003md-8T for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:52:13 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D2C36E0850; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:52:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mo-p07-ob.rzone.de (mo-p07-ob.rzone.de [81.169.146.188]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C004E0850 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:52:10 +0000 (UTC) X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo07 X-RZG-AUTH: hXn+rC1arvT7Lf9I/zKDqjrgIkrokD1Qxy5bIqfbp9I10BMNL35Kum+fVbT8+ijLtsxChhxAEDI= Received: from localhost (u-7-148.vpn.RWTH-Aachen.DE [137.226.103.148]) by post.webmailer.de (mrclete mo6) (RZmta 16.15) with ESMTP id z03415k2MEF3zP for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:52:09 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from: ) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:54:58 +0100 From: Christian Faulhammer To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Why no updates on delay of 2008.0 release Message-ID: <20080322195458.2af6a5b9@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <47E4DF2F.2030304@gentoo.org> References: <200803211020.45551.roy@marples.name> <20080321103711.GA8418@gentoo.org> <200803211207.24347.roy@marples.name> <47E4DF2F.2030304@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.8; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/ln4KDVpQzm./5_8u7DTdu+y"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: d4922d76-fc59-4872-a2a9-0623e02ee351 X-Archives-Hash: 50fd543658c29d97beb44b78510bbed3 --Sig_/ln4KDVpQzm./5_8u7DTdu+y Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Ben de Groot : > I thought we had learnt something about not communicating with our > userbase, but it looks like this lesson has already been forgotten. > While I appreciate there probably are valid reasons for the delay of > the beta and the release of 2008.0, I don't think there is any excuse > not to update the published release schedule, nor for the utter lack > of communication about this issue with our users. A short message on > the frontpage of www.gentoo.org with a new (even if tentative) ETA, > and some kind of explanation for the delay would certainly be much > appreciated. Yes please, people are asking a lot on the forums, so a news item would be nice. I contributed a rough draft but I have not enough insight into the reasoning to make it something proper...a "2008.0 will be delayed but we are still working on it" would be sufficient in my eyes. V-Li --=20 Christian Faulhammer, Gentoo Lisp project , #gentoo-lisp on FreeNode --Sig_/ln4KDVpQzm./5_8u7DTdu+y Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH5VYCNQqtfCuFneMRAs85AJ9ZER64Q4d7yqFFi6FQuL4RrCG1lACfTmkv 7xr8HUXvbIiEFi5ZYkXW8rQ= =qnc3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/ln4KDVpQzm./5_8u7DTdu+y-- -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list