Am Freitag 09 November 2007 schrieb Thijs Kinkhorst: > On Fri, November 9, 2007 12:43, MJ Ray wrote: > > "Hans-J. Ullrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Well, I think, if a debian server would have been compromised, this > >> should be appear at once on the webside. Also, when the main server is > >> down, everyone should be informed about the non-reachable server (like > >> at the moment). IMO , these informations belong to open source policy as > >> well, don't you think so ? > > > > As I understand it, the choice of which news appears on the front page > > is made by the press team and the security team. I'm forwarding your > > question to them too. >
Hello team-members ! > Your (Hans's) mail seems to have the assumption that such news isn't put > on the home page, while in fact it is. See for example this overview of > older news items where you can see that a compromise is announced: > http://www.debian.org/News/2006/ > Yes, I saw this at that time on the side, but the announcement was real late (IMO), just 2 days after the compromise, I remember. > I'm not sure what you mean with "the main server is down", but as far as > I'm aware there's nothing down that's relevant to end-users - only > developers. The mirror network seems to function just fine. > Hmm, maybe I am wrong, but as endusers might wonder, why there are suddenly no new versions, they ask themselves, what happens. > > I'm not sure whether the debian-infrastructure-announce launch means > > we should add another section to the front page containing its news - > > what do others on debian-www think? > > News targeted purely at developers, e.g. d-d-a and d-i-a could maybe be > listed on www.debian.org/devel, but I see no added value of listing it on > the home page. > Yes, this is my fault, I will put me on the list, so that I will get more informations. > Please apologize, but I just thought, the website should be the main information point for everyone and not a list. My fault, I did not understand the kind of policy, informations are shared. So, I will subscribe some more lists. Sorry for the noise ! Cheers Hans-J. Ullrich > Thijs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
