Re: Secondary proposal ;) [Was: Proposal for changes to gnome-announce]

[Steve George <s rascal org>]

Hi Jeff,

What I was trying to say is that you are making an assertion ie that there are
two usage patterns.  Further you are contending that the current situation is
unsatisfactory for the two 'groups'.  So what I was asking is where is the
evidence for either of these contentions?

I am not particularly wedded to the current situation but change for changes
sake is not a sufficent argument either.

Not trying to be difficult but actually from my perspective further watering
down of the announcement list merely makes us look even more dormant.  If
anything we need more activity/news etc.

Cheers,

Steve

On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 09:52:43AM +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > Can I ask what the evidence is that changing the list will make any
> > improvements to our PR?  Or for that matter where the original impetus
> > for this idea came from?
> 
> It's all about relevance.
> 
> We have two usage patterns of this list. People who want to know about new
> GNOME-related software releases, and people who want general news about
> GNOME (the wider picture).
> 
> Currently, the second group aren't helped very much, because they get a big
> messy mailbox of difficult-to-read software announcements, and a few major
> news things and GNOME Weekly News here and there.
> 
> Note that the latest suggestion from Chema is to create gnome-news-list for
> this group, and copy the subscriber list over. This is great.
> 
> (Don't get too attached to the status quo, you may find your self
> blindsided!)
> - Jeff
> 
> -- 
>   So, "Jeffrey" seems to mean "the ineffectual, victimised guy in
>   American movies" in four different languages.
>