Update Spam : Was Re: Fedora 8 Test Update: mock-0.8.8-1.fc8

[dexter]

On Wed November 21 2007 01:33:17 John Poelstra wrote:
> Jesse Keating said the following on 11/20/2007 10:21 AM Pacific Time:
> > On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:57:05 -0500 (EST)
> >
> > "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> >>   i'm sure there's a reason for this, but why is the fedora *test*
> >> list being used as an announcement list for regular release updates?
> >> i subscribed to the test list because it was the official forum for
> >> ***test*** releases.  and until there's another test release, i would
> >> have thought there'd be little or no traffic on this list.
> >>
> >>   why can't there be another list -- say "updates" -- for update
> >> announcements?
> >
> > Because these are testing updates, not final updates.
> >
> > Anyway, we're working on solutions to cut down the noise, like an rss
> > feed of updates announcements.
>
> I thought we decided to move those to fedora-qa-list so I filed this
> ticket: https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/bodhi/ticket/130

Another list will take the updates away from the eyes of testers this is bad,
but something along the lines of "Fedora n Test Update Report" is the perfect 
solution to me.

https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/bodhi/ticket/137

...dex