From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hklo4-0005Qr-Lo for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 06 May 2007 18:50:05 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l46ImSBh030997; Sun, 6 May 2007 18:48:28 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l46IhCmv022602 for ; Sun, 6 May 2007 18:43:12 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.2] (graaff.xs4all.nl [213.84.176.152]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3B7864809 for ; Sun, 6 May 2007 18:43:11 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 42 news item for review: Radiant upgrade From: Hans de Graaff To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20070506172739.72408e01@snowflake> References: <1178433936.13701.10.camel@ip6-localhost> <1178466564.17854.3.camel@ip6-localhost> <20070506165151.55c182b6@snowflake> <200705061820.31126.expose@luftgetrock.net> <20070506172739.72408e01@snowflake> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-3j4ei/yZXnxtixNUzkpF" Organization: Gentoo Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 20:43:08 +0200 Message-Id: <1178476988.24022.7.camel@ip6-localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.3 X-Archives-Salt: 39e4b7b0-8109-4055-8714-3a44794177fc X-Archives-Hash: e913c2d22b808c28146c87af10933800 --=-3j4ei/yZXnxtixNUzkpF Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2007-05-06 at 17:27 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > If either the news item is shown once, it is bad because the user > > might forget about if until that package actually hits the stable > > branch. >=20 > The 'eselect news' module that ships with Paludis solves that problem. I'm not familiar with either Paludis or the eselect news module. Could you please explain in a few sentences how this problem is solved? >=20 > > The only solution I currently see is an additional field in the > > header, a change in behaviour and therefore the GLEP itself. > > In particular, this field could be my previous understanding=20 > > of "Display-If-Upgrading-From-To" namely > > "Display-Before-Upgrading-From-To" which would fit the requirements > > defined by the GLEP: >=20 > It doesn't fit the preemptive requirement. That wouldn't be preemptive, > it would be last minute. One of the reasons for the GLEP is to remove > the need for last-minute pkg_setup die notices. My intention would be to show these right after 'emerge --sync' or 'emerge --pretend', not when the package is about to be merged. Hans --=-3j4ei/yZXnxtixNUzkpF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBGPiG8TF3ZWfsIeLsRAqcaAKCQrciwJ415u8ea7RozZaOwXnYwcgCg3xRa 6UOTn6GzgO/Cdm/PBnBu5WA= =HzB2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-3j4ei/yZXnxtixNUzkpF-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list