From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 1 16:40:13 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BFE016A4CE for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 16:40:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E34F643F3F for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 16:40:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D61B872DA8; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 16:40:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D389372DA3; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 16:40:12 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 16:40:12 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Colin Percival In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.1.20031101122917.03141b78@popserver.sfu.ca> Message-ID: <20031101164004.Y70057@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <5.0.2.1.1.20031101122917.03141b78@popserver.sfu.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-related-announcements list? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 00:40:13 -0000 On Sat, 1 Nov 2003, Colin Percival wrote: > Just a wild idea here: It seems to me that there is a need for an > announcements list for items related to, but not part of, the FreeBSD > project. Things like portupgrade, FreeBSD Update, freshports, and various > BSDs based on FreeBSD (DragonFly, war, pico, mini, freesbie...) are all > likely to be of interest to many FreeBSD users, but there isn't really any > logical mailing list for announcements from such projects. > Does anyone else feel this need? daily.daemonnews.org -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org