[csw-maintainers] Contents of devel@ list

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi,

Am 09.11.2008 um 11:32 schrieb Trygve Laugstøl:
> Philip Brown wrote:
>> Oh.... you are trying to keep an eye on the part between
>>
>> "i copy it into the batching area"
>> vs
>> "it goes public".
>>
>> because in the past, I have sometimes taken a while between the two.
>> As a side note, I anticipate that gap to be much much shorter these  
>> days,
>> since the processes runs smoother for me now.
>>
>> Additionally, our front webpage, and the "newpkgs" mailing list, both
>> actually get their information from the internal batching area :-}
>> So we already have an "updated daily" reference of what is in that  
>> area.
>>
>> As mentioned previously, I could make the front web page updated  
>> hourly, if
>> you like.
>> Unless people really want an actual individual EMAIL to go out  
>> somewhere,
>> every time a package hits that area.
>>
>> Do people want to see that? or is the insert on www.opencsw.org  
>> enough?
>> (either once a day, or once an hour?)
>
> I wouldn't mind an email when a packages moves from one state to
> another.

Yes, to devel@ please. I guess we should keep maintainers@
free from automated posts.

> I would also like an Atom feed with new and updated packages so
> that people can follow the changes.

Do you mind doing that yourself? Ihsan can set up a file on
www.opencsw.org:/var/www/www.opencsw.org/htdocs/ where you
can deliver the xml.

> In the future I wouldn't mind including the change log of what's  
> changed.

Where should that information come from?


Best regards

   -- Dago