ANNOUNCEMENT: New BIND versions are available.

[Gary L. Burnore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounces+gburnore=netbasix.net at lists.isc.org
> [mailto:bind-users-bounces+gburnore=netbasix.net at lists.isc.org] On
> Behalf Of Mike Hoskins (michoski)
> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 10:00 AM
> To: Doug Barton; bind-users at lists.isc.org
> Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: New BIND versions are available.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> From: Doug Barton <dougb at dougbarton.us>
> Date: Saturday, April 13, 2013 12:34 AM
> To: "bind-users at lists.isc.org" <bind-users at lists.isc.org>
> Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT:  New BIND versions are available.
> 
> >Michael,
> >
> >Thanks for this announcement, and a welcome change.
> >
> >Given the following:
> >
> >1. bind-announce is very low volume, and carries only critical
> >information that the community needs to know 2. Currently all posts to
> >bind-announce are duplicated to the other lists
> >
> >Wouldn't it make sense to 'sort -u' the membership of the 3 lists,
> call
> >that the new bind-announce, and give people a 1-time message about how
> >to unsubscribe if they don't want to be there?
> >
> >I applaud ISC's desire to not subscribe people to lists willy-nilly
> >without their permission, but given the specific circumstances here
> you
> >may have over-engineered the solution a bit. :)
> >
> >Doug
> 
> I don't get why expecting to receive announcements on -announce is so
> surprising.  People that don't get that likely don't keep BIND updated
> anyway.  ;-)

This is my feeling in a nutshell. Those who want both are smart enough to
know how
to get both if they want both or they wouldn't be reading either.