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 4.50) id 1EXqHd-0000DE-Pf for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2005 01:22:22 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jA41LNwF021885; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 01:21:23 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jA41JCkc029597 for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 01:19:12 GMT Received: from 82-41-57-20.cable.ubr08.edin.blueyonder.co.uk ([82.41.57.20] helo=snowdrop.home) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1EXqEZ-00039S-QZ for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2005 01:19:11 +0000 Received: from localhost.home ([127.0.0.1] helo=snowdrop.home) by snowdrop.home with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1EXqEW-0003LL-A0 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2005 01:19:08 +0000 Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 01:19:05 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP ??: Critical News Reporting Message-ID: <20051104011905.15a857d4@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <436AB3E9.1040709@ieee.org> References: <20051101015125.1cc45eb4@snowdrop.home> <43673CB6.1010907@gentoo.org> <20051101115843.7b2dfeeb@snowdrop.home> <43675C83.4010005@gentoo.org> <20051101122657.2d06d9e5@snowdrop.home> <11710324670.20051101133924@gentoo.org> <20051101124806.422976f6@snowdrop.home> <1451718903.20051101143247@gentoo.org> <20051101181814.1db4d8d5@snowdrop.home> <436AAF14.5070903@ieee.org> <20051104005634.06369939@snowdrop.home> <436AB3E9.1040709@ieee.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.99-rc2 (GTK+ 2.6.8; i686-pc-linux-gnu) 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 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Signature_Fri__4_Nov_2005_01_19_05_+0000_NZ1DF/VpqR=g_c=h"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 3c16b27d-94b5-4d4c-ba89-cff35b835d3d X-Archives-Hash: f0def1753aebccedefcdf9e3b5959ab0 --Signature_Fri__4_Nov_2005_01_19_05_+0000_NZ1DF/VpqR=g_c=h Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 20:05:45 -0500 "Nathan L. Adams" wrote: | Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | > On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 19:45:08 -0500 "Nathan L. Adams" | > | > wrote: | > | Just keep in mind that portage is supposed to be non-interactive | > | and most users like it that way. (Although the countdown when | > | cleaning out old packages kinda breaks that idea, but I digress.) | >=20 | > You really should give the GLEP a read. It's quite nice, you know... | >=20 |=20 | Your explanations hint at interacting with portage during an emerge. | Specifically you floated the idea of having emerge print a red flashy | message before doing the emerge. *That* is what I was commenting on. Ever noticed any of the other red flashies that emerge gives? For example, if you try emerge -C glibc? Doesn't break the non-interactive requirement, it's just yet another way of shoving something in the user's face if they somehow ignore all the normal warnings. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Signature_Fri__4_Nov_2005_01_19_05_+0000_NZ1DF/VpqR=g_c=h Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDarcM96zL6DUtXhERAgswAJ9krm0gGUQBf9VyBBMPgmj8n+FtmgCeIFGA oVZVNopaTQBUkRKlIYAtLDI= =UHjb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Fri__4_Nov_2005_01_19_05_+0000_NZ1DF/VpqR=g_c=h-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list