Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 14:51:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> To: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> Cc: Joan Picanyol <lists-freebsd-current@biaix.org> Subject: Re: /usr/ports/UPDATING announcement (was: Re: Xorg built fails on CURRENT: can't find Xauth.h) Message-ID: <20040728145044.G61655@xeon.unixathome.org> In-Reply-To: <200407282034.34549.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> References: <20040727223701.07D1B5D08@ptavv.es.net> <20040727211314.N80850@xeon.unixathome.org> <200407282034.34549.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
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On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > On Wednesday 28 July 2004 19:00, Joan Picanyol wrote: > > > > I'm all for announcing it. =A0I never heard of it until last week. = =A0I too > > > was told to read it, I was stupid for not reading it, why aren't you > > > reading it > > Me too :o > > [...] > > > > It needs to go out on freebsd-announce IMHO. > > > > And the Handbook as well. > > That's all somewhat beside the point, IMHO (although it really should be > documented in the handbook). It was announced (here), many people saw it, > others didn't. And people will still miss things regardless of how many > places you announce them in. That is not an excuse for not announcing in the appropriate places. > The most effective way to spread the news actually _is_ the process you'v= e > been going through: Someone tells you in a more or less friendly way abou= t > some new thing (perhaps after you've been complaining about something in = a > more or less friendly way because you missed an announcement). Just ignor= e > the bozos who call you dumb and care about the useful pieces of > information. :) Yep, and if it had been sent to freebsd-announce, many more people would have read about it. current@ and doc@ is insufficient. --=20 Dan Langille - http://www.langille.org/
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