On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 02:03 +0200, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 31 May 2006, Pascal Bleser wrote: > > > In case you didn't notice (yet) and while an announcement of the > > maintainer(s) would have been nice ;)... > > (snip) > Seconded your protest & request for better transparency. > This was really an is-no-good happening. The biggest ever. > (snip) > > For APT the old directories are simply gone, and the new directories still > are not configured, plus: it IS NOT TRANSPARENT ENOUGH FOR ME TO DO IT! > > So: PROTEST against this unconcious behaviour! > (snip) > > > A lot of people are using that repository to use the latest KDE, and > > there was a very decent mirror infrastructure available (e.g. skynet, > > belnet, several mirrors in Germany, ...), but we're starting at 0 at the > > moment :\ > > Yes. Totally zeroed-out by an unconscious administrative act. > > > - - please announce such stuff beforehand > > Not enough; those "switch-movers" at SUSE have to learn other matters > before they should get allowed to touch the switch: "vision" the situation > at the remote sides. > > > I know Adrian has written 2 or 3 times that he wants to move suppl. KDE > > to the BS, but what you guys think is trivial and not important is > > actually being used by a vast number of SUSE Linux users out there. > > Some announcement, e.g. a week beforehand + published on the > > opensuse.org frontpage and feed, would have been desirable, to say the > > least ;) > > The german word for such handicapped professionals is "Stuemper". > > PROTEST! > > Cheers -e
I must stand with Pascal and Eberhard on this one. A community is better served by thinking of others when making decisions that impact them...something that clearly wasn't done in this case. Just because one has the power to do something without permission doesn't mean appropriate advance communication shouldn't be part of the mix. Keith -- Keith Kastorff [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
