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 4.54) id 1ElYeY-0002po-1y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:22:42 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jBBLLtcc004600; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:21:55 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 jBBLJPDd025364 for ; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:19:25 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 4.54) id 1ElYbI-0001q2-3t for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:19:20 +0000 Received: from localhost.home ([127.0.0.1] helo=snowdrop.home) by snowdrop.home with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1ElYbB-0002vr-73 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:19:13 +0000 Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:19:08 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 42 (Critical news reporting) updates Message-ID: <20051211211908.466352f0@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <1134302243.6953.20.camel@jarita> References: <20051211013550.66bfd7d2@snowdrop.home> <1134302243.6953.20.camel@jarita> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0-rc1 (GTK+ 2.8.8; 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="Sig_2kHwuIyrUSJ80tjg4gu=eaA"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 48bd2043-f9b5-4f2c-9a3a-4bf427a9103d X-Archives-Hash: ad02f5f9535893dec25a1e404f36f4ee --Sig_2kHwuIyrUSJ80tjg4gu=eaA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 04:57:23 -0700 Lares Moreau wrote: | Is there any reason why we can't keep all the dates in the GLEP 1 date | format? IMHO this helps prevent confusion. Yes. It makes sorting news items far harder. | * Before an ``emerge --ask`` 'yes||no' response Does anyone really use emerge --ask? | Could you be more verbose in the 'News Item Removal' section. I ask | because what would be considered "no longer relevant". I think the | case where a router(or similar) box is not updated for >6mths must be | considered. The Admin may have very well forgot about some particular | News Item, and if it is removed, this box will 'miss' the News Item. A news item is no longer relevant when there's no reasonable way in which it could apply. Six months is still relevant... Updates go back to 3Q-2002, for example. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (I can kill you with my brain) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Sig_2kHwuIyrUSJ80tjg4gu=eaA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDnJfO96zL6DUtXhERAtAvAKCp5H/qiVI4mnaHWhEfSIeCrwGstwCgohwX t1c2lHgiMlBa/NiGd6/aJRI= =VXaY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_2kHwuIyrUSJ80tjg4gu=eaA-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list