On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Mike Kupfer wrote:
> A few people have asked why there wasn't an email announcement for the
> build 20 delivery, especially since there were email announcements for
> each delivery during the Pilot program.
>
> The reasons were
>
> 1. we're trying to move to a regular delivery schedule (so special
> announcements are not needed).
> 2. an announcement was posted on the front page of the web site
> 3. opensolaris-discuss has a lot of traffic already (people have
> unsubscribed because of it), and I questioned the wisdom of adding to
> the load.
>
> I agree that polling for changes is a pain. But if we can deliver new
> updates on a regular basis, and an announcement is posted on the web
> site front page, is an email announcement really necessary? If you're
> not reading the announcements on the web site, there may be other useful
> information you're missing...
The real issue is that there was no transparency to the user community in
the decision making process.
Regards,
Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134
OpenSolaris Community Advisory Board (CAB) Member - Apr 2005
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