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 <gentoo-dev+bounces-23329-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1Hk6Rb-00051s-Vx for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 04 May 2007 22:40:08 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l44MbPCg010980; Fri, 4 May 2007 22:37:25 GMT Received: from gw01.mail.saunalahti.fi (gw01.mail.saunalahti.fi [195.197.172.115]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l44MYd7U007267 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 4 May 2007 22:34:40 GMT Received: from [192.168.150.87] (a91-152-108-214.elisa-laajakaista.fi [91.152.108.214]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by gw01.mail.saunalahti.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id B88CC1512D0 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 5 May 2007 01:34:38 +0300 (EEST) Message-ID: <463BB4FD.6070009@gentoo.org> Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 01:34:37 +0300 From: =?UTF-8?B?UGV0dGVyaSBSw6R0eQ==?= <betelgeuse@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070409) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> 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] [news-item] Paludis 0.24 References: <200705042249.48267.peper@gentoo.org> <463BA9BF.4080708@digital-trauma.de> <200705042356.10789.peper@gentoo.org> <463BAFF8.80100@gentoo.org> <20070504222225.GA11120@anubis.perspektivbredband.net> <463BB3ED.7020606@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <463BB3ED.7020606@gentoo.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 OpenPGP: url=http://users.tkk.fi/~praty/public.asc Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigF98AA0ABB790D9E9C5758195" X-Archives-Salt: d9344b16-fcda-4077-9646-9cb1eeeef069 X-Archives-Hash: f8d0fc4ae81e43b8a1085bf5f9cf8882 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigF98AA0ABB790D9E9C5758195 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Petteri R=C3=A4ty kirjoitti: > Alexander F=C3=A6r=C3=B8y kirjoitti: >> On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 12:13:12AM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote: >>> Isn't such use case just a replacement for elog? I thought news were >>> supposed to be delivered before upgrading. Also "You should update yo= ur >>> configuration files after upgrading." sounds like something one would= >>> read before upgrade... >> It'll only affect users after they upgrade. >> >=20 > So let's say this was a message about package foobar. If it only affect= s > users after they upgrade it would mean that new installs would get the > news item too, wouldn't it?. Wouldn't the proper behavior be to mark th= e > item as not applicable when it is first encountered? >=20 > Regards, > Petteri >=20 Ah found it in the GLEP: "The package manager filters the news item and, if it is relevant, marks the news item for reading. The package manager should also display a notice informing the user that there are unread news items." This means that adding a >=3Dmessage is useless as it gets filtered away at the first sync. Use elog instead. Regards, Petteri --------------enigF98AA0ABB790D9E9C5758195 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGO7T9cxLzpIGCsLQRAjcYAJ0cZLytBv5f8sAQqE60MvUGdcRnSgCeMwBz RY2FiEPWu3Pdg9G+zoDqo5Y= =J3S4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigF98AA0ABB790D9E9C5758195-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list