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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 12:11:37 +0900
From: pclouds <pclouds@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Getting Important Updates To Users
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Just curious how other distros deliver important news to their users?
On 10/30/05, Chris White <chriswhite@gentoo.org> wrote:
> It has made somewhat painfully obvious as of late as to the lack of a
> centralized source of updates for users. This has recently become true
> moreso with the apache2 config file changes and the step to php5. A co=
uple
> of things I'd like to bring out:
>
> 1) Currently, our gentoo.org front page is very, well, slim. Afaik, I =
only
> see major site updates, mailing lists notices, gdp updates, and of cour=
se the
> GWN. In a way I think we're underestimating our frontpage. When someo=
ne is
> first introduced to gentoo, they are most likely directed immediately t=
o the
> frontpage, www.gentoo.org. If they notice things such as major updates=
and
> what not, chances are they'll most likely keep viewing it throughout th=
eir
> Gentoo usage (at least I'd hope). However, it becomes somewhat combers=
ome to
> check the page every now and then for some, which comes to the second p=
oint.
>
> 2) The front page also has a nice RSS feed. This can be utilized for p=
eople
> that would rather have convient RSS feeds avaliable on demand. Conside=
ring
> that rss readers are avaliable pretty much in every form nowdays, it wo=
uld be
> considered a good idea to update the front page more for this reason as=
well.
> This would give users the chance to have news feed to them in a convien=
t and
> functional manner (after all, that is the point of RSS). Of course, ma=
ybe
> people are more tune with email, which comes to point three.
>
> 3) I think it would be a good idea for gentoo-announce to also include =
front
> page announcements. This would work well for people that are more emai=
l
> oriented (they use email a lot for business) and would keep things
> centralized for them. This would also be best promoted on the front pa=
ge,
> maybe stickied in some form or another.
>
> So in conclusion, front page should get more updates, which would propi=
gate to
> rss, and maybe link gentoo-announce to the front page as well.
>
> Chris White
>
>
>
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