Re: sources.redhat.com is up

[Jim Kingdon <kingdon@panix.com>]

> Just MHO, but I wouldn't expose the overseers list to the
> world and all its search engines like it is now.

OK, I've gotten rid of the link from index.html.  The main reason I
linked to that page was that I wanted to avoid a flurry of reports for
problems we already know about.  But I guess that isn't a big risk.

> I guess I have visions of people sending bug reports ("Cygnus ls
> doesn't list my files on my DOS 3.2 partition!") and such to the
> list.

We get a lot of that at sourcemaster and although they don't take long
to answer (one sentence, "use the mailing list, I'm just the
sysadmin"), yeah, we'd rather have people find the mailing lists in
the first place.  

To that end, I've reworded http://sources.redhat.com/suggestions.html
a bit.  Don't know if that page is what is directing people to
sourcemaster but it has to be something like that.  In my experience
as a webmaster, people rarely send in that kind of query without the
web site somehow making the address prominent (if it is 4 clicks from
the front page, they won't get there, search engines or no search
engines).

> secretly-a-cabal-lover

I don't think I should touch that one :-).

Incidentally, I'm now back in the Bay Area (for good), so give me a
call sometime (I especially mean Jason, but the rest of you too if
you feel so inclined).