> On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:35:49 +0100, Marcelo M. Garcia wrote:
>
>> g wrote:
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>> > Marcelo M. Garcia wrote:
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>> >> If it's so "natural" for a user to sign fedora-announce,
this should be
>> >> stated in the web page, something like "It is highly recommend if
you
>> >> are signing for fedora-list". One step further is to put a option
(like
>> >> a check box) to sign for announce when signing for fedora-list.
>> >
>> > you do not need a bunch of detailed pages if you just read what is at;
>> >
>> >
https://redhat.com/mailman/listinfo
>> >
>> >> And to make users happy, a guide on how to create filters to different
>> >> lists.
>> >
>> > filters are filters. email clients are not all same when it comes to
>> > setting up filters. among easiest to set up is thunderbird.
>> >
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> In the page that you suggest, I read "Announcements related to the
>> Fedora Project", which seems a pretty much vague.
>
> Okay, but Fedora is the distribution released by the Fedora Project, so
> related announcements should be of interest to anyone having to do
> something with Fedora. The online list archive shows that only a very few
> announcements have been made before.
>
>> And the other says
>> "For users of Fedora", which is my case. To me don't seem logical
that I
>> should sign to both.
>
> Splitting-hairs. Many more lists could be made obsolete with such
> a reasoning.
>
>> The whole point is, if it is so obvious that one that signs for
>> Fedora-list should also sign for Fedora-Announce, why two separated
>> lists?
>
> And who maintains the _list of lists_ to which announcements shall
> be sent? Do you ask for major cross-posts to [more than] a dozen lists?
>
>> If the announces are important and concern to the users.
>
> ... not just to "the users", but also to several other target groups,
> who may not be subscribed to fedora-list.
>
> Same applies to fedora-package-announce list.
>
>> Even in a high volume list like "Fedora-list", if I see a header
>> "[INFRASTRUCTURE TEAM - Urgent] ..." I will read the message.
>
> Only if you read the list on a daily basis or if you know what
> special subject marker to search for in your filters.
>
>> Maybe because English is not my native tongue, but the word
>> "announcement" doesn't to suggest something that important.
>
> Announcements at the airport or at the train-station, do you ignore
> them?
ah yeah, you won't even hear them, if you sit in traffic on your way to the
station ;)
Roger