> On 1/13/06, Bill Nottingham <notting@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hm. I suppose it's possible to do updates in that manner >> (fedora-announce-list) >> Once we get the advisory format settled in the metadata, it should >> be easy enough for somebody to whack up a quick system that sends >> the mail & adds the data. >> My main concern with opening up fedora-announce-list is that I wonder >> if the increase of volume because of *non*-security updates would >> clutter the list. > > once the advisory format is settled in the metadata... we can get > clientside tools that understand how to expose advisory text... and > then the annouce-list isn't nearly as important a mechanism for the > installed userbase and will serve hopefully as a historical/offline > tool. Yeah, maybe. But I think the announce list is a much nearer goal and it is still needed. I happen to read fedora-announce each day to determine whether or not I need to run yum update on my non-rawhide systems. I'm sure lots of other folks have machines running that aren't their primary machines and don't do yum updates on a daily basis to see if something needs updating. josh
