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 1HkOQ1-0000K6-KS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 05 May 2007 17:51:42 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l45Hnm7I004492; Sat, 5 May 2007 17:49:48 GMT Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org (170.Red-213-96-222.staticIP.rima-tde.net [213.96.222.170]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l45HlkAk002154 for ; Sat, 5 May 2007 17:47:46 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67CB78D33B for ; Sat, 5 May 2007 19:13:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tungsteno [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 25016-02 for ; Sat, 5 May 2007 19:13:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: from snowflake (unknown [62.6.163.66]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5470A8D305 for ; Sat, 5 May 2007 19:13:12 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 18:46:47 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [news-item] Paludis 0.24 Message-ID: <20070505184647.3382e737@snowflake> In-Reply-To: <20070505173422.GA1263@superlupo.rechner> References: <200705042249.48267.peper@gentoo.org> <20070505114454.GD23900@kfk4ever.com> <20070505135020.4d129619@snowflake> <463CBA22.7070200@gentoo.org> <20070505182147.21bdd7ff@snowflake> <20070505173422.GA1263@superlupo.rechner> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.9; 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_vVOFtmaMMyiCukA0QUHan00; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at ferdyx.org X-Archives-Salt: ceb22957-71ac-4894-ae4a-5dd5e61284db X-Archives-Hash: 96b53fd58c3d94454f63515e6c3dd929 --Sig_vVOFtmaMMyiCukA0QUHan00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 5 May 2007 19:34:22 +0200 Wernfried Haas wrote: > On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 06:21:47PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > So the only important question is whether the news items are useful > > for the people who will see them. In this case we know the answer > > is yes. >=20 > No one answered my question asked in Message-ID: > <20070505090630.GA14287@superlupo.rechner> what paludis actually does > in case it encounters a config file using the old syntax so far, but > as long it doesn't break the system, it doesn't need a news item. > GLEP 42 talks about critical, really important news, not just useful > ones. It warns noisily. It doesn't say how to fix it. > Imho the whole GLEP process is being abused to define some scenario to > get the support for news, and then push it through for stuff way > outside the boundaries defined in the GLEP. Hardly... Not having the news item will cause considerable user confusion. Having the news item won't cause any users to value news items less. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_vVOFtmaMMyiCukA0QUHan00 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGPMMJ96zL6DUtXhERApsaAKC6VwJl4yoJd9QI/oxhdJ/Ur88/mwCff+aj /CL4Moa8wQm22EBMTmjeXjg= =+HZP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_vVOFtmaMMyiCukA0QUHan00-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list