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 4.50) id 1EXqQZ-000886-IQ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2005 01:31:35 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jA41Uo2o023818; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 01:30:50 GMT Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [63.240.77.82] (may be forged)) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jA41SPw5006961 for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 01:28:26 GMT Received: from [67.191.242.121] (c-67-191-242-121.hsd1.ga.comcast.net[67.191.242.121]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with ESMTP id <20051104012808012004so0ae>; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 01:28:08 +0000 Message-ID: <436AB89D.10704@ieee.org> Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 20:25:49 -0500 From: "Nathan L. Adams" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050722) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en 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 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP ??: Critical News Reporting References: <20051101015125.1cc45eb4@snowdrop.home> <43673CB6.1010907@gentoo.org> <20051101115843.7b2dfeeb@snowdrop.home> <43675C83.4010005@gentoo.org> <20051101122657.2d06d9e5@snowdrop.home> <11710324670.20051101133924@gentoo.org> <20051101124806.422976f6@snowdrop.home> <1451718903.20051101143247@gentoo.org> <20051101181814.1db4d8d5@snowdrop.home> <436AAF14.5070903@ieee.org> <20051104005634.06369939@snowdrop.home> <436AB3E9.1040709@ieee.org> <20051104011905.15a857d4@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <20051104011905.15a857d4@snowdrop.home> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 8fe6cbf4-d83f-44ab-bd54-99b5d8da66e6 X-Archives-Hash: ddbc7e04121131e64cc7ec16487d1171 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 20:05:45 -0500 "Nathan L. Adams" > wrote: > | Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > | > On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 19:45:08 -0500 "Nathan L. Adams" > | > > | > wrote: > | > | Just keep in mind that portage is supposed to be non-interactive > | > | and most users like it that way. (Although the countdown when > | > | cleaning out old packages kinda breaks that idea, but I digress.) > | > > | > You really should give the GLEP a read. It's quite nice, you know... > | > > | > | Your explanations hint at interacting with portage during an emerge. > | Specifically you floated the idea of having emerge print a red flashy > | message before doing the emerge. *That* is what I was commenting on. > > Ever noticed any of the other red flashies that emerge gives? For > example, if you try emerge -C glibc? Doesn't break the non-interactive > requirement, it's just yet another way of shoving something in the > user's face if they somehow ignore all the normal warnings. > Yes, I've noticed them. My point is that you need to be careful that the red-flashy doesn't the primary way of delivering the message. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDarid2QTTR4CNEQARAq+gAKCZ0e1kZHeuYvQcjqxKwTZ+XsbXRACgh2ef gSZ1q0Of1t6SA6u5oMQkp5c= =oKCA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list