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-23415-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1HkS6Y-0004wl-IA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 05 May 2007 21:47:51 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l45Lknho021098; Sat, 5 May 2007 21:46:49 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l45Lipxx018785 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 5 May 2007 21:44:52 GMT Received: from [192.168.20.50] (dsl081-053-210.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.53.210]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B2EC64DFC for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 5 May 2007 21:44:51 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <463CFAD1.70503@gentoo.org> Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 14:44:49 -0700 From: Mike Doty <kingtaco@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070426) 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] RFC: modifications to GLEP42 References: <463CF698.6090904@gentoo.org> <20070505223429.52937697@snowflake> In-Reply-To: <20070505223429.52937697@snowflake> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: e960b265-0f6f-49d8-a2a6-c374dd566aca X-Archives-Hash: 1de0d4ca896bed9d845b52b0f93309a0 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > 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. Your word doesn't inspire most of us. If you think this is a good idea, you need to explain why. >> 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. Item #2 covers that. >> 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. It clearly isn't that simple. - -- ======================================================= Mike Doty kingtaco -at- gentoo.org Gentoo Council Gentoo Infrastructure Gentoo/AMD64 Strategic Lead GPG: E1A5 1C9C 93FE F430 C1D6 F2AF 806B A2E4 19F4 AE05 ======================================================= -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBRjz60IBrouQZ9K4FAQLGlAP/cnsW1nE+VUbyDiHjZ+kXaRd18gs3mjCp zbQZ23DTHNc/Jr0UnqVXuY/RzsLnrFyRD5kzDgoh4wVMAIgyYHM76BuLLTpE/Tyi yaARIKke8LsK04FO0MgVAapBSQmh2jo42n3KrJsghOXuX7Q9O0RpIkmMJf+Sq2Z/ Cg2G2Fo+qgk= =iTKs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list