[wp-hackers] WP 2.1 Launch and Heads-up for Plugin Developers

[Robin Adrianse]

I agree. A low-traffic, just RC's and releases, mailing list such as
wp-announce. Anyone from Auttomatic want to comment?

On 10/30/06, Jeremy Visser <jeremy.visser at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2006-10-29 at 12:28 -0500, Todd Grimason wrote:
> > > > Maybe a wp-announce list?
> > >
> > > There is an announcement list on the wp home page, but I've signed up
> > > for it a couple of times and never received anything from it.
> >
> > Me too - or me neither. Never got anything from that list. This is how
> > most projects seem to handle announcing releases (*-announce lists),
> > and it helps keep the whining down from the part-timers and lurkers
> > who aren't deeply involved in the project (like me!), but keeps one in
> > the loop for important developments (new releases, security updates,
> > etc.)
>
> Plus, if a new release is fixing security issues it is very important to
> notify blog owners, otherwise they could not know about the issue for a
> number of months.
>
> You can't expect "normal" blog-admins to stay subscribed to a
> high-traffic list like wp-hackers to just listen out for the
> once-every-few-months email announcing the new release.
>
> --
> Jeremy Visser
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