On Dec 20, 2007 7:27 AM, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan, > > As your first link indicated is says that the build is on hold and should be > released some day later. This was Dec 4 and my post was made Dec 20. The > originator of this thread posted Dec 18 with no apparent response.
Actually, the announcement of the build being pulled was made on Dec. 3rd along with a note that "It should be resolved by tomorrow morning." On Dec 4th, an announcement was made that the build was still on hold while some reviews were completed and to please wait. > An announcement should be updated accordingly if an change is made and not > become 'buried' in the discussion forum since this is indeed an announcement > of an delay. Since you use the forums, you may not be aware that that they are actually just a "view" of a mailing list. In other words, you can't really "update" announcements in the proper sense since the forums are merely a gateway to a mailing list. While you can edit posts on the forum, many members choose not do so and use the mailing lists instead. In part, this is a limitation of the technology used for the forums that will be resolved in the future. Sufficient communication as to a delay was given via the opensolaris-announce mailing list for those that are subscribed and was also available to those who subscribe via the forum or who use the forums and monitor it regularly. > It would also be benificial to know the reason of the holdup at the time of > some anouncement. As I mentioned before, a followup post was made on Dec 4th with the reason as to why: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=182595 For various reasons, that information may not have been available or permissible to announce on Dec. 3rd. Sun has over 30,000 employees at last check and not every individual knows the reasons for certain decisions, only that a decision has been made. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
