A lot of discussion here. Who's got the ball to make the decision? --g ------------------------------------------------------------- Greg DeKoenigsberg || Fedora Project || fedoraproject.org Be an Ambassador || http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors ------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 08:30 -0700, Karsten Wade wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 17:23 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > > On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 03:43 -0500, David Eisenstein wrote: > > > > > > > > Could there be downstream consequences to changing the lists and/or adding a > > > > new one? Could there be end users or corporate users or security-related > > > > mailing lists or websites that will be affected if all of a sudden > > > > Fedora-Announce-List is bereft of software update announcements? > > > > > > We would send a announcement to the list explaining the nature of the > > > change and why it is made of course. > > > > Which would be an interesting test of David's point -- do people who > > depend on the content and structure of f-announce-l actually read it? > > > > I'd recommend in fact _only_ announcing the idea on f-announce-l and set > > a specific reply-to for fedora-list or another general discussion list. > > If that does not generate enough discussion, then we'll know something > > more than we did before, and can carry the discussion down to specific > > lists. > > > > IME, certain kinds of announcements need to be carried into sub-projects > > intentionally. When I see something I think Fedora Documentation needs > > to see from f-announce-l, I forward it. I personally think is makes > > sense from a content perspective to separate out automated content > > (package updates, build reports) from general discussion content, > > especially when one threatens to overwhelm and drown out the other. > > > > However, I don't know if it is a good idea to separate _security_ update > > announcements into just a package update list. I think those warrant a > > double-post, one to a package list for all software updates, and one to > > a general announcement list. > > The problem with that is that many people *only* want the announcements > and do not need the package updates information especially for all the > current releases like within Fedora Ambassadors. The arrangement you are > suggesting would be more fit for end users who only want to package > updates but not the announcements. I dont think there is any value in > that. > > > Rahul > > _______________________________________________ > fedora-advisory-board mailing list > fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board >
