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 1EY4xG-0000Qv-In for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2005 17:02:18 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jA4H1Ttw009389; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 17:01:29 GMT Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [63.240.77.82] (may be forged)) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jA4GxaFP001707 for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 16:59:37 GMT Received: from [67.191.242.121] (c-67-191-242-121.hsd1.ga.comcast.net[67.191.242.121]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with ESMTP id <2005110416593201200ms0kke>; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 16:59:32 +0000 Message-ID: <436B92EC.9050903@ieee.org> Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:57:16 -0500 From: "Nathan L. Adams" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050722) 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] GLEP ??: Critical News Reporting References: <20051101015125.1cc45eb4@snowdrop.home> <200511011722.29840.jkt@gentoo.org> <20051101182506.4dd701f6@snowdrop.home> <436A1576.5070909@ieee.org> <20051103191642.1fbdbd9d@snowdrop.home> <436AAB79.4020700@ieee.org> <20051104004247.0ff50ff0@snowdrop.home> <436AB342.9040606@ieee.org> <20051104011106.780b46bb@snowdrop.home> <436AB84B.4010406@ieee.org> <1131112927.18994.1.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> <436B853D.9040804@ieee.org> <1131122507.18994.37.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> In-Reply-To: <1131122507.18994.37.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: b2f55859-b3fc-4697-b874-1760c688e9ac X-Archives-Hash: a6fbf956728482de2e34ea919b16c7cb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chris Gianelloni wrote: > On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 10:58 -0500, Nathan L. Adams wrote: > >>I've done several Gentoo installs and never knew the plain text versions >>existed. I think you might want to check the assumption that just >>because they exists they are widely known (and if they aren't known to >>exist, they don't do squat for the end user). Surely we're not going to >>delve into an arguement over whether the web is the best way to >>distribute information... > > > Ehh... > > It is listed in the MOTD on the installation media. I'm not making any > assumptions on this. It's really not our fault when the user base > doesn't read what is sitting in front of them, plainly on the screen. > > Thank you for proving my point. > And what point would that be exactly? Console messages are ineffective? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDa5Ls2QTTR4CNEQARAm5NAKCiOQEkK07nz4KFfSY+5uzeUNMN2wCfUe1Q LSTG+k4lWKo6v6Wl1AR+424= =Ar9r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list