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 1EWawA-00005I-ER for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:47:02 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j9VEiwfF014593; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:44:58 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 j9VEeQo3006527 for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:40:26 GMT Received: from align.cns.ksu.edu ([129.130.0.165]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1EWapl-0007O6-Ug for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:40:25 +0000 Message-ID: <43662CD9.2000405@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:40:25 -0600 From: Lance Albertson User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Macintosh/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en 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 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Getting Important Updates To Users References: <200510301642.39469.chriswhite@gentoo.org> <4364EC47.8050803@gentoo.org> <1130722932.8550.33.camel@mogheiden.gnqs.org> <1130768528.26789.70.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> In-Reply-To: <1130768528.26789.70.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.93.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig9A9B067A46E957BF0FF1C1F4" X-Archives-Salt: 81898c8c-2710-4fc8-b167-d3a9b0172f6c X-Archives-Hash: 1e3cc1362eef3f064a298bfd208f1e4b This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig9A9B067A46E957BF0FF1C1F4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Chris Gianelloni wrote: > On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 01:42 +0000, Stuart Herbert wrote: > >>There is *only one time* we can guarantee that we'll have a user's >>attention. That's right after the message that tells a user how many >>CONFIG_PROTECT files they need to fix by running etc-update. > > > I definitely like the --news idea. I think this is a great idea too. >>Some of those who hold the keys to those places have actively resisted >>this in the past. Personally, I don't think the front page or >>gentoo-announce will reach many more users than the Forums et al already >>do. > > > Well, I think that if users knew that information would be on these > places, they might actually check them. Currently, little to no > information ever makes it to either of these locations, so users never > bother to check them. If we were to change that, I'm sure users would > eventually pick up on the fact. I would agree with Chris here too. As long as we start using this channel more and we get the word out, folks will start to be more attentive to it. We can't satisfy every user out there and I think this channel has a good chance of working. -- Lance Albertson Gentoo Infrastructure | Operations Manager --- GPG Public Key: Key fingerprint: 0423 92F3 544A 1282 5AB1 4D07 416F A15D 27F4 B742 ramereth/irc.freenode.net --------------enig9A9B067A46E957BF0FF1C1F4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) iD8DBQFDZizZQW+hXSf0t0IRAvpJAJ41xhTr2iKbJAnSSEneFSBVzpxipgCglofn IjgVpG0ngWRt1YNUxJ3l6ps= =kODX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig9A9B067A46E957BF0FF1C1F4-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list