Secrecy and user trust

[Anders Karlsson]

* Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> [20080902 19:15]:
> Bill Crawford wrote:
>>
>>> When and how did the intrusion occur?  How was it initially detected?
>>
>> *shrug*
>>
>> I don't actually need to know, so I'm not making a fuss.
>
> Everyone needs to whether or not they are at risk with the same  
> vulnerability and how to detect it.

Les,

This has been gone over more than once, and you have been involved in
the discussions. You already know what has been said, so there is
really no need to rehash it again.

>> I suspect, as has been hinted at here multiple times, there may be
>> legal reasons why they haven't provided you with some of the details
>> you would like to see.
>>
>> I'd suggest re-reading the announcement that Paul W. Frields sent out
>> (url below) and then, should you really, really feel the need to know
>> more, I'd suggest you contact whoever at the Fedora Project you pay
>> for support, complaining about your SLA not being met ;o)
>>
>> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-August/msg00012.html
>
> This is about community, not SLA's.  Communities are easily alienated  
> when not included in needed communications.  I'd suggest reconsidering  
> whether your community is important or not.

I keep hearing this statement from a small but rather vocal selection
of people. This selection of people has a rather large overlap with
another small selection of people who is keen on complaining about a
lot of other things about the Fedora project.

Follow announce-list, when there is news, it'll be posted there.

/Anders