akhiezer wrote: >> Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 09:56:36 +0000 >> From: lf...@cruziero.com (akhiezer) >> To: LFS Developers Mailinglist <lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org> >> Subject: Re: [lfs-dev] LFS-7.5: Distrowatch mix-up re sysd/non-sysd. >> >>> Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:30:15 +0100 >>> From: "Armin K." <kre...@email.com> >>> To: LFS Developers Mailinglist <lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org> >>> Subject: Re: [lfs-dev] LFS-7.5: Distrowatch mix-up re sysd/non-sysd. >>> >>>>>> Looks like distrowatch have got some mix-up re sysd/non-sysd branches of >>>>>> lfs: >>>>>> >>>>>> front page: >>>>>> http://distrowatch.com/ >>>>>> "Bruce Dubbs has announced ..." >>>>>> >>>>>> 'weekly' (linked from the front-page): >>>>>> http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20140303 >>>>>> "Armin K has announced ..." >>>>>> >>>>>> Neither item draws the distinction between the two >>>>>> branches/flavours/variants. >>>>>> >>>> . >>>> . >>> >>> I rather think that's a typo. If you click on the headline, it will take >>> you to the original announcement of LFS. The only difference between the >>> original one on the front page and the one in weekly is that my name is >>> being used instead of Bruce's. Everything else is the same in both of them. >>> >> >> >> ( - yes, I did see both contents and where they link to, first time >> around. And I rather think it's a misapprehension at distrowatch, rather >> than just a typo: by whatever mechanism they've conflated the two separate >> announcements.) >> >> >> - two basic principles (that I thought were implicitly obvious and so >> didn't mention them explicitly thus far): >> ---- >> * two or more announcements by an organisation/body on the same thing that >> are from/attributed-to two+ different sources, can make the organisation/body >> look bad. >> >> * you normally want to promote/market/announce your 'product' properly. >> ---- >> I'd expected/thought that you/Bruce/whomever might want to notify distrowatch >> as appropriate. (Sure, one doesn't chase around the internet tilting at >> windmills; but for at least some sites it can be worth it.) >> > > > - and in case it helps perhaps clarify further: I'm suggesting notifying > distrowatch to: > ---- > * correct that 'Armin K' to 'Bruce Dubbs', as it's re lfs main branch. > > * _add_ lfs-sysd items analogous to the two lfs-main ones: i.e. add lfs-sysd > announce to front-page, and get same/similar lfs-sysd announce in (next > week's) "weekly" page. > ---- > It's of course a standard idiom - announcements of releases of (distinctive) > spins/variants. > > > The distrowatch folks I'd guess would be quite receptive; not least the > (rightly or wrongly, positively or negatively) 'newsworthiness' surrounding > sysd. Also, there's the injunction, "Don't hide yr light under a bushel".
Can you do the notification for us? I'm not really concerned about who get the 'credit' on Distrowatch. The only thing that's important is whether interested users are pointed to the website. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
