On Thursday 02 December 2004 22:36, John Summerfield wrote: > I'm sure there's a procedure in place, and that he procedure is > what happens now. > > Updates get pushed when ready. > Once the mirrors have time to get synchronised (probably 24 hours > or so), the notices go out. > > You _cannot_ get them, notices or no, until they're ready and > distributed. You can get updates without notices if you go > looking for them. OS X an Windows users do it all the time. Not > enough Windows users true. > >From discussions in the past few weeks there is a desire for a procedure but it has been a bit hap-hazzard at best. There is some effort, though, to get the announcements out recently so we'll just have to see how it goes. Regards, Mike Klinke