Is this right?

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Vincent Ladeuil writes:
 > >>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen J Turnbull <stephen at xemacs.org> writes:
 > 
 >     Stephen> Guillermo Gonzalez writes:
 >     >> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 8:55 PM, Russel Winder
 > 
 >     >> > To be honest all that is needed is a small announcement
 >     >> > email on the email list and a note on the Lauchpad pages.
 >     >> > The issue is public information presented in places where
 >     >> > people can find it easily.
 > 
 >     Stephen> I'm sorry, but that's 1995 thinking.  In 2008, the
 >     Stephen> issue is not where "people can find it easily"---as
 >     Stephen> you point out, people generally won't go farther
 >     Stephen> than "trivially"---it is where "machines can follow
 >     Stephen> it automatically".  We know how to do this.
 > 
 > 
 > You're talking about the other side of the problem there, Russel
 > was talking about the subscribers of a branch, you're talking
 > about the publisher.

I don't understand.  You're saying Russel thinks the *subscribers*
should post an announcement?  That's definitely not how I read it!

 > On that side there are indeed several means to address the
 > problem but none can be fully automated, the publisher *has* to
 > do *something*.

Yes ... my point is that if the publisher does it right, and bazaar
supports doing it right, the subscribers need do *nothing*.