> Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 09:56:36 +0000 > From: lf...@cruziero.com (akhiezer) > To: LFS Developers Mailinglist <lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org> > Subject: Re: [lfs-dev] LFS-7.5: Distrowatch mix-up re sysd/non-sysd. > > > Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:30:15 +0100 > > From: "Armin K." <kre...@email.com> > > To: LFS Developers Mailinglist <lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org> > > Subject: Re: [lfs-dev] LFS-7.5: Distrowatch mix-up re sysd/non-sysd. > > > > >>> Looks like distrowatch have got some mix-up re sysd/non-sysd branches > > >>> of lfs: > > >>> > > >>> front page: > > >>> http://distrowatch.com/ > > >>> "Bruce Dubbs has announced ..." > > >>> > > >>> 'weekly' (linked from the front-page): > > >>> http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20140303 > > >>> "Armin K has announced ..." > > >>> > > >>> Neither item draws the distinction between the two > > >>> branches/flavours/variants. > > >>> > > > . > > > . > > > > I rather think that's a typo. If you click on the headline, it will take > > you to the original announcement of LFS. The only difference between the > > original one on the front page and the one in weekly is that my name is > > being used instead of Bruce's. Everything else is the same in both of them. > > > > > ( - yes, I did see both contents and where they link to, first time > around. And I rather think it's a misapprehension at distrowatch, rather > than just a typo: by whatever mechanism they've conflated the two separate > announcements.) > > > - two basic principles (that I thought were implicitly obvious and so > didn't mention them explicitly thus far): > ---- > * two or more announcements by an organisation/body on the same thing that > are from/attributed-to two+ different sources, can make the organisation/body > look bad. > > * you normally want to promote/market/announce your 'product' properly. > ---- > I'd expected/thought that you/Bruce/whomever might want to notify distrowatch > as appropriate. (Sure, one doesn't chase around the internet tilting at > windmills; but for at least some sites it can be worth it.) >
- and in case it helps perhaps clarify further: I'm suggesting notifying distrowatch to: ---- * correct that 'Armin K' to 'Bruce Dubbs', as it's re lfs main branch. * _add_ lfs-sysd items analogous to the two lfs-main ones: i.e. add lfs-sysd announce to front-page, and get same/similar lfs-sysd announce in (next week's) "weekly" page. ---- It's of course a standard idiom - announcements of releases of (distinctive) spins/variants. The distrowatch folks I'd guess would be quite receptive; not least the (rightly or wrongly, positively or negatively) 'newsworthiness' surrounding sysd. Also, there's the injunction, "Don't hide yr light under a bushel". rgds, akh -- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
