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 1EYSQA-0006rI-Bz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:05:42 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jA5I49uo011953; Sat, 5 Nov 2005 18:04:09 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jA5HwnQr002871 for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2005 17:58:49 GMT Received: from [209.249.182.18] (helo=ferris.dsl.patriot.net) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1EYSJU-0000xo-MG for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 17:58:48 +0000 Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 17:58:40 +0000 (UTC) From: Ferris McCormick X-X-Sender: fmccor@terciopelo.krait.us To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 42 "Critical News Reporting" Round Two In-Reply-To: <20051105173426.1ce20468@snowdrop.home> Message-ID: References: <20051105005814.0de0d8ff@snowdrop.home> <436C8951.4010008@gentoo.org> <20051105173426.1ce20468@snowdrop.home> 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 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Archives-Salt: d5705b8b-de74-4944-b388-61c9cebdedb1 X-Archives-Hash: 5d5ebcca2e2e8ac14eac73a64fb53fe4 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 5 Nov 2005, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 11:28:33 +0100 Grobian wrote: > | > Preemptive > | > Users should be told of changes *before* they break the user's > | > system, after the damage has already been done. > | > | style suggestion for unambigous interpretation: > | perhaps a "because if applied afterwards" instead of "after" > > Ugh. Wonder how many comments I'm going to get on that one... There > should be a "not" before "system", which I accidentally killed by > pressing the wrong key in Vim. > I can't resist. I think you mean '"not" after "system,"': "...*before* they break the user's system, not after ...." Regards, - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (sparc, devrel) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDbPLTQa6M3+I///cRAsAhAKDgotmZ+E9TMdLAgzUbVj8s3++mVwCfeVoj 9TSuRiLKvIofQFPp/RRrC4I= =1MKl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list