From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LcMDB-0000OP-MA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:02:17 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 536AAE07BB; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:02:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from qw-out-1920.google.com (qw-out-1920.google.com [74.125.92.144]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39474E07BB for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:02:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 9so85356qwj.10 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:02:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:received:date:from:to :subject:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=IKmxZFrDuJ/JH5B6pA69gKeoBEmXPxmWKv/ISguschE=; b=oQoFvAJauNHcdsvEyZCmkS0wyEJ+U8l8vavHUXt2A+Sp+B33izohExmuDjBuygH1eP RwmZkoH9k1THroF9qUNFvpCbBRRiFsMc2UIaT1U3RH/TqmV549WbH7KWjFu+1CuKDwNP osNtjoJQh5Odpg4Rjxp6qZ8r4/Dk2zMZWVVBY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=e1GkaV7hhkgun9H9OscUOL9CqAM+tICuoSFsFF2Ia0Ull9ZlUqqdc+8gA6rhAb9NpA 5TjqQkiXpU0K9zWeRuCysMWg9tVr8ryxusCI3y8K3Ft0v5hTVnFhhD8v+9hjpv3Bb6lj RIhyg/d6Xka7Yl2o+g63EgrKElFrZJWb6u6oY= Received: by 10.224.45.144 with SMTP id e16mr551970qaf.53.1235577734974; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:02:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.gmail.com (c-69-249-154-72.hsd1.nj.comcast.net [69.249.154.72]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm1642060qwb.51.2009.02.25.08.02.13 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:02:14 -0800 (PST) Sender: Thomas Anderson Received: by smtp.gmail.com (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1000 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) gentoofan23@gentoo.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:02:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:02:12 -0500 From: Thomas Anderson To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Issues regarding glep-55 (Was: [gentoo-council] Re: Preliminary Meeting-Topics for 12 February 2009) Message-ID: <20090225160212.GA3509@dodo.hsd1.nj.comcast.net> References: <49A206A7.3050604@gentoo.org> <49A39CE7.4010201@gentoo.org> <20090224141912.0a666a17@snowcone> <49A41A8C.1060002@gentoo.org> <20090224161449.07bc580a@snowcone> <49A42B86.9010903@gentoo.org> <20090224182416.3db4f60f@snowcone> <49A4B54E.4060202@gentoo.org> <20090225153347.3e9aaafa@snowcone> <49A56A14.2080400@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49A56A14.2080400@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: a732eec1-af96-40fc-9f43-e014b64752c7 X-Archives-Hash: 4a49a0bc04920d9bb4c95b2396e621bd On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 04:56:04PM +0100, Luca Barbato wrote: >> Yes, it will warn noisily. This is unacceptable, since stable users >> will have months and months of noise when new rules come along. > > "unacceptable"... > > as in "it's ugly to see"... > No, it's unacceptable because stable users do not need that kind of stuff thrown at them. Stable users use stable because they want a very predictable workflow. Noisy errors that shouldn't affect them(they are in the stable branch) *is* unacceptable, and not just because it's ugly, though that's certainly part of it. -- --------- Thomas Anderson Gentoo Developer ///////// Areas of responsibility: AMD64, Secretary to the Gentoo Council ---------