On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:37:01 -0700
Bob Beck <b...@ualberta.ca> wrote:
> > COMIXWALL isn't a fork, its just a preinstalled
> > configuration panel for OpenBSD and a collection of
> > nice utilities.
> >
> So it belongs as a a port then. Not as a "distibution" -
> and not sending release announcements to OpenBSD lists.
as you wish. let's call it a "port".
> Do we see release announcements here for other new ports?
I'm quite new to OpenBSD, but I already read a few "NEW:"
and "UPDATED:" announcements on the -ports mailing list.
Anyway, comixwall is not a part of the "official" ports
tree. So the release announcements of comixwall should not
go into the ports list either.
I had a second look at the descriptions of the mailing
lists:
misc
User questions and answers, general questions. This is the
most active list. Please, read the FAQ and the installation
documents, and see How to report a Problem before posting.
advocacy
Promoting the use of OpenBSD. Non-technical discussions in
misc often get shunted here.
So as I read this announcements of projects trying to
promote OpenBSD can (and should) go into the advocacy list.
misc is only for user questions, general questions. Asking
for translators might fit in here. Still as comixwall is
trying to promote OpenBSD the request may fit better into
the advocacy list.
The only problem is the advocacy list is quite dead. So the
decision to post the announcement of ComixWall to the misc
list does not seem too stupid to me.
> Do we see release announcements on our lists for Firefox?
comixwall is developed to make using OpenBSD easier. It's
only project goal is to prove "that it is possible to create
high quality, free and open source ISG based on OpenBSD"
(cited from the comixwall homepage).
So I would say its relevance for OpenBSD users (the audience
of this list) is much higher than firefox releases.
> * Release Announcements For things that are not OpenBSD
> do not belong on OpenBSD lists * - We don't tell people
> who have other ported applications that run on openbsd to
> spew every release announcement over our lists - why
> should ComixWall be any different?
According to the archives at MARC there were exactly two
release announcements of comixwall on this list. One in 2008
and one in 2009. This is not exactly the amount it takes to
pollute a mailing list.
This stupid thread did already produce enough noise to make
up for 7 years of comixwall release announcements.
I know I just added some additional noise, still I would be
glad to see this issue settled in a non-destructive way.
OpenBSD is a great OS and ComixWall enables many people to
use it. I don't see any reason why the two projects should
not be able to cooperate.
Christopher Zimmermann
