Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [PATCHES] kernel-2.eclass: Various changes requested by users. + [STABLEREQ?] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.8.7: Any objections against stabilizing?

[Tom Wijsman <TomWij@gentoo.org>]

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On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:09:05 -0600
Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> > - Make use of readme.gentoo.eclass to make the user aware of the
> >   Gentoo Linux Kernel Upgrade Guide only the first time he emerges
> >   the package. Fixes bug #457598.
>
> Call me crazy, but upgrade guides seem like something you might want
> to tell the user about during an upgrade.

True, I was wondering if there is a way to show it on their first
upgrade instead; most users would indeed not be able or forget to
bookmark this during their handbook install.

Therefore, I won't commit this patch.

I wonder if Pacho can adapt the eclass to allow us to do this on the
first upgrade, I have explicitly put him in CC so he can consider that.
Perhaps he can also explain why he wanted to see this change happen.

I thought the goal of this eclass is to get rid of repeating messages
that are not that important from the elog. After you have installed the
kernel twice you should be able to do it a third time. People that
really still need the link have it either bookmarked or can look into
that file, another concern here is that nothing mentions its existence.
The user would have to spot it in the list of installed files, strange.

If I misunderstood the goal of this eclass, sorry, it's not documented.
I thought people were against these kind of repeating messages in elog.

 - http://devmanual.gentoo.org/eclass-reference/readme.gentoo.eclass

 - Bug in discussion: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457598

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Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
Gentoo Developer

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