Hi, On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 16:52 +0100, Thierry Carrez wrote: > Random thoughts about this important subject... > > Yes, there is a need to push non-obvious upgrade information to our > users, and no, we can't rely on the GWN alone to convey that "official" > message.
We can't rely on it *at all*. Why? Because it requires users to go and read it. The experience from the Apache & PHP changes is that a large percentage of users (and quite a few developers!) do not read any of the following: * GWN * gentoo-dev mailing list * Gentoo Forums * Planet Gentoo We've posted news about our changes to all of these places many times. It simply didn't reach enough people. There is *only one time* we can guarantee that we'll have a user's attention. That's right after the message that tells a user how many CONFIG_PROTECT files they need to fix by running etc-update. (And if we don't have their attention at that point, they have bigger problems to worry about anyway ;-) > The reason why the front page and the gentoo-announce ML (the two > official media for Gentoo -> users information) are under-used is that > approximately 5% of the developers know how to post to them. We should > probably make them more open (with a moderation system to check > message), then they will be used more. Some of those who hold the keys to those places have actively resisted this in the past. Personally, I don't think the front page or gentoo-announce will reach many more users than the Forums et al already do. I don't think it'll solve our problem. Best regards, Stu -- Stuart Herbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gentoo Developer http://www.gentoo.org/ http://stu.gnqs.org/diary/ GnuGP key id# F9AFC57C available from http://pgp.mit.edu Key fingerprint = 31FB 50D4 1F88 E227 F319 C549 0C2F 80BA F9AF C57C --
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