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On 01/24/2013 10:12 PM, Rich Freeman wrote:
> 
> Otherwise we're just finding creative ways to drive away users.  Sure,
> we can call them stupid on their way out the door, but while I can't
> speak for anybody else, I'm mainly here because I'd like to do some
> good, and I wouldn't mind it if I found Gentoo useful along the way.
> 
> I think what we need is a combination of:
> 1.  Only truly critical issues trigger fatal errors.  This can't be
> used for default config checks.
> 2.  The fatal errors are overridable.
> 3.  If overriden the errors are still output.
> 4.  The error output includes instructions on how to override, and the
> instructions are package-specific (ie don't stick i_know_what_im_doing
> in make.conf).
> 5.  The change introducing the issue is preceded with a news item.
> 

I completely agree with this, so I won't drag the issue out any further.