On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 03:37:12PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote: > I have the impression that some geek mass media also monitor d-d-a as an > unofficial source of (taken as) Debian press releases, so I'd be a bit > cautious with that, not only DDs are reading d-d-a.
So what you're saying is that d-d-a is public, and therefore not private? Well, yeah. I thought that was the point. People are abusing d-private to try to reach developers with matters that aren't or shouldn't be private. If it's a matter that *should* be private, then, by all means, use -private. But such matters seem to be quite rare (aside from vacation notices). If a matter is suitable for public discussion, then it's inherently suitable for the "geek mass media", which happens to be part of the public. > Also, there's a difference between 'Every DD should/must read this' and > 'I'd like to reach every DD'. We want DDs to read d-d-a with high > priority (even the less active ones), so I suggest only important be > posted there. That's a better argument, but I think the point is, not every developer *wants* to be reached, unless it's a matter of sufficient importance to justify using d-d-a. People who would merely "like to reach every DD" should either decide that what they're saying is important enough to justify using d-d-a, or should give up on their over-ambitious goals if what they're saying isn't important enough. Why *should* we create a way to shove trivia at every DD, whether that DD wants to be bothered with trivia or not? -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra- osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico- to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]