Re: Proposal for changes to gnome-announce

[Mikael Hallendal <micke codefactory se>]

tis 2002-08-06 klockan 08.58 skrev Jeff Waugh:
> Hi all,
> 
> So, a while back, there was some discussion about what kind of software
> announcements were appropriate on gnome-announce list, specifically with
> regards to the applist emails (which often had lowish quality info).
> 
> I think that gnome-announce should target casually interested users,
> onlookers and general press, which would require a change to the kind of
> stuff we publish there:
> 
>   - Major release announcements
>   - General developer/user news (GWN)
>   - Press releases
> 
> This leaves software announcements out of the picture, so an accompanying
> announcement list for releases of *any* GNOME related software should be
> made. This would be great for both distributors and really interested users.

Looking at the very high number of subscribers to the list I'd say that
those on it are interested in the kind of information that is currently
sent there.

Back when I maintained GNOME in Gentoo Linux I found the announce list
_VERY_ useful. And I didn't care whether the mail had much useful
information, I just wanted to know that there was a new release and
which number it had. So that I could update the package.

As said, I think we should create another list for those that are not on
the current list. But don't change this list since we then would have to
move all of the current subscribers to a new list instead of those
interested in a list with less but more high quality could subscribe
themselves there.

Just my thoughts,
  Mikael Hallendal

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