[gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: 24 hour review for >= dev-libs/glib-2.28 stable news item

[Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

Samuli Suominen posted on Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:17:57 +0300 as excerpted:

> On 04/27/2011 10:46 AM, Duncan wrote:
>> Samuli Suominen posted on Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:56:06 +0300 as excerpted:
>> 
>>> You have 24 hours to comment on this news item.  Sorry to put it so
>>> bluntly but this is required for major security bug (#364973).
>> 
>> This is unclear.  Should non-gnome users (I'm a kde user) set this to
>> prepare for the upgrade, or as a workaround until one actually
>> completes the upgrade?
> 
> It's a permanent thing... I think the item is clear on that... "The
> default way has changed", no where implying this would go away or be
> temporary, or a workaround

FWIW, yes, the "default way has changed" bit was clear.  It simply wasn't 
(and remains not in the updated news item itself, but there's a link with 
more info now...) immediately clear how the config changes we were being 
asked to do related to that... in part because of the user vs. system 
question.

But the updated version is all around better.

> The KDE desktop should set those mime's already, if you have selected
> default browser/mailclient from the desktops GUI apps. If not, file a
> bug for the KDE people.

Yes. I found the settings in the system-wide file.  I've had no reason to 
change them from system defaults, so they weren't in the user config, only 
the system config.  The new version allows that information to be 
discovered far easier. =:^)

> The news item is targeted for stable users... presumably ~arch users
> know what they are doing.   Hence the Display-If-Installed.

To the extent that everything seems to be working, yes.

However, in the context of a security bump with instructions for config 
entries I don't see, that I don't fully understand the significance of and 
with no link to further details, as I suppose most admins, I start asking 
questions!

> Addressed the system-wide vs. user defined issue in the new draft
> (responded to the original post of this thread with it).
> Has a link now too.

Indeed.  Much /much/ better now. =:^)

Thanks! =:^)

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