Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: openrc portage news item

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Duncan wrote:
>
> > From my read, while it does actually say it's important, the politeness
> with which it does so don't well convey the true importance and urgency of
> the situation.
>
> If there's a fire, you don't say "Please, excuse me for interrupting, but
> there's a fire and at your convenience, please make your way to the
> exit."  Rather, it's "*FIRE*!  Please STAY CALM.  WALK DON'T RUN.  The
> exit is OVER THERE. Make your way to it IMMEDIATELY!"
>
> So more along the lines of:
>
> """
> After installing these packages, please DO NOT REBOOT
> until you follow the upgrade guide located at
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml.
>
> If you do not follow the guide as soon as possible after
> these packages are upgraded and you reboot or crash
> without doing so, the system will likely fail to
> boot properly, and you may be looking at some time in
> manual recovery mode to fix it.
> """
>
> Yes, the DO NOT REBOOT is shouting, not exactly polite,
> but that's arguably what's called for in this situation.
>
>    

Plus having it in all caps makes it stand out.  If a person even looks 
at the message, they will see that at least.  Then hopefully, they will 
read the rest.  I think bold would be nice to tho.  It's not like this 
is not really really important.

Even with that, I see a few people not even noticing it and the next 
reboot going badly.

Dale

:-)  :-)