From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QF49j-0008Gs-Ll for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:47:48 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E2B261C0E7; Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:47:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E624B1C06A for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:47:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73C921B407C for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:47:05 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.526 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.526 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.073, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id q2R51NTvAkWs for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:46:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67A411B404A for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:46:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QF48q-000199-3f for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:46:52 +0200 Received: from ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net ([68.231.22.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:46:52 +0200 Received: from 1i5t5.duncan by ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:46:52 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: 24 hour review for >= dev-libs/glib-2.28 stable news item Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:46:42 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <4DB71546.7060209@gentoo.org> <4DB80975.6070700@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net User-Agent: Pan/0.134 (Wait for Me; GIT 9383aac branch-testing) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: e8f65c89ba4dd84962ddf1c80fd6313e 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= : >>=20 >>> 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). >>=20 >> 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? >=20 > 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= =20 (and remains not in the updated news item itself, but there's a link with= =20 more info now...) immediately clear how the config changes we were being=20 asked to do related to that... in part because of the user vs. system=20 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= =20 change them from system defaults, so they weren't in the user config, onl= y=20 the system config. The new version allows that information to be=20 discovered far easier. =3D:^) > 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=20 entries I don't see, that I don't fully understand the significance of an= d=20 with no link to further details, as I suppose most admins, I start asking= =20 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. =3D:^) Thanks! =3D:^) --=20 Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman