2009/12/4 Richard Creighton
On Friday 04 December 2009 13:01:32 jdd wrote:
read only mailing list, IE openSUSE-announce
Right..and the announcement should include information where any discussion is ON-TOPIC and the way to subscribe to that list if not currently receiving that list. Probably most such announcements should be discussed on <opensuse> or a special <users-discussion> set up for just that topic, or in some cases, <opensuse-factory> where the announcement mostly affects developers or current beta testers. The original announcement should also be crossposted to the designated discussion list as a discussion seed thread.
I think there should be annoucements about the direction distro is heading in. It is important to inform the general user base about : 1) Discontinued packages & programs 2) New features in next release 3) Compatability issues & areas need attentive testing This info, helps to keep ppl involved, interested in testing new release at an earlier stage, and would create some structure ie plan to drop packages should occur early in cycle. A maximum of bi-monthly round up "Way Ahead Announcement" , as next release takes shape; possibly only 2, in the 8 month-ish release cycle we decided on. But they must not be so late that a "fait a compli" is presented with no time for adjustments due to release schedule. To inform the maximum number of ppl, then opensuse-announce & forum Announcement ought be made. The mail list opensuse is NOT the place for follow up discussion, it is an over high bandwidth list, mainly support related. Special interest lists, like Factory, kernel etc Can have discussions, and the annoucement can then inform rest of user base. They are also not the place, for discussion and gripes on that information, they DO NOT want the general user base flooding those lists. So an announcements-discuss seems logical, if something decided by special interest group proves too contentioius, then management needs to step in and some more consideration be made, by the special interests to cater to the general user base's needs. Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org