Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 02:27:55 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: nik@iii.co.uk Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, www@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Just FYI [F00F bug] Message-ID: <3663.879762475@jkh.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Nov 1997 10:13:42 GMT." <19971117101342.54430@iii.co.uk>
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> Could someone not have put a notice on the website, probably under the > 'Newsflash' section? That's an excellent idea, and if someone like yourself would like to get into the habit of sending little blurbs *exactly* like the one below to www@freebsd.org once a situation is well in hand enough to make an announcement about it, that'd be great since Nate Johnson could then do exactly that with a Newsflash entry. I don't think that Nate would feel comfortable with writing them himself and expecting someone from core to do it (including myself) is unrealistic since we tend to be too busy to even think about details like this. I wish it were otherwise, but I speak the simple truth here when I say that those whom you'd expect to be the most "qualified" to make statements like this are also the least likely to, being typically engaged in solving, rather than reporting on, the problem. It's an excellent area for someone on the periphery of the project to make a contribution if they'd care to "own" this area of FreeBSD event reporting. Think of it like a newspaper - Nate is your "editor" who depends on you roving journalists to make contributions for each week's edition. :) Jordan > > Even something as simple as > > 10-Nov-97[1] > Pentium bug - We are aware of the F00F Pentium halting bug and are > working with Intel on a fix. When we have a fix ready for public > consumption it will be announced here, on the mailing list > announce@freebsd.org and to the Usenet newsgroup > comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce. > > Your patience is appreciated. > > [1] Or whatever date it was > > N > -- > --+==[ Nik Clayton is Just Another Perl Hacker at Interactive Investor ]==+-- > It is easier to seek forgiveness than permission >
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