"Daniel C. Sobral" wrote:
> 
> Ethan Bakshy wrote:
> >
> > > Well, there are some things I can think of that would be appropriate for a
> > > BSD specific news site that wouldn't make it onto Slashdot.  For instance,
> > > I think it would be cool if development anouncements like
> > > feature/code/ports freezes were published there.  I just can't see /.
> > > posting that sort of thing.
> >
> > But /. really /should/. They sort of do that stuff for Linux. Why not BSD.
> 
> It begs the question, then: does anyone submit this stuff to them?

I used to.  I got so little through the "it's not Linux" filter I gave up.
I know Rob has said many times he'd like to cover FreeBSD more, but 
apparently that message hasn't filtered down to the zealots that throw
away 90% of the BSD-related postings.

On a separate note, I noticed a couple of late panic reactions to the
recent FreeBSD Security Advisory on FTP servers.  Should we be gating all
*BSD Security Advisories and official announcements to daily?  It strikes
me as a good way to help get the news out.

Perhaps we could get a volunteer from each project, or just get daily
added to the correct mailing lists.

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