Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: modifications to GLEP42

[Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@ciaranm.org>]

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On Sat, 05 May 2007 14:26:48 -0700
Mike Doty <kingtaco@gentoo.org> wrote:
> After some discussion on #-dev there are some improvements that we can
> make on glep 42.

Well, if you're going about improving it, start by adding in the
Display-If-Upgrading-From-To: header. It'll be a nuisance to implement,
but it'll be far more useful than any of the rest of this.

> 1.  Priority levels for news items:  If we did this users could decide
> what levels of importance to filter out.

That'll just increase the amount of disagreement about news items
because it'll give people more pointless wording to argue over.

> 2.  Standards for news items:  Based on the paludis news item thread,
> it's clear we need some standards for what we release as news.  If
> combined with #1 we can set different standards and give the users
> some more choice on what they accept and what we publish.

It's quite simple. If releasing a news item improves the user
experience of affected users more than not releasing it, the news item
should be released.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh


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