From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 13502158089 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 2023 19:37:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1EAF82BC0A6; Thu, 5 Oct 2023 19:37:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D89DE2BC01A for ; Thu, 5 Oct 2023 19:36:59 +0000 (UTC) From: Ulrich Mueller To: Arthur Zamarin Cc: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, glep@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [DRAFT] GLEP 84: Standard format for package.mask files In-Reply-To: (Arthur Zamarin's message of "Thu, 5 Oct 2023 21:49:48 +0300") References: Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2023 21:36:49 +0200 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 23a7fd02-603f-4ea1-8df3-60210d779cb7 X-Archives-Hash: 46c35d5072b4371a5018332447e0a8c2 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >>>>> On Thu, 05 Oct 2023, Arthur Zamarin wrote: > On 05/10/2023 06.12, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny wrote: >> This is inconsistent with the current usage, and confusing. "After" >> makes it unclear whether the list is inclusive (i.e. "remove on that day >> or later") or exclusive ("remove the next day or later"), >> and in the latter case it's quite backwards. > Hmm, I don't really care what word we use here, but I do want us to > agree on one word (cause I'll need to update `pkgdev mask`). Some of the > considerations against "on" (currently used) is the fact: does it mean > it isn't fine to remove after it? > Does English has a nice word for ">=3D time"? Make it "on", because the date specified is the intended removal date when the entry is added. That is, users cannot rely on the package still being present at any later date. Ulrich --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQFDBAEBCAAtFiEEtDnZ1O9xIP68rzDbUYgzUIhBXi4FAmUfEFEPHHVsbUBnZW50 b28ub3JnAAoJEFGIM1CIQV4u+WYH/ih2HLasBojESryE8xNbCxcq6RjMnrvHcF32 70Y0tNX+ydEgKTkNy6EZ1qWYbtaYvX63y6baacfCZWg/hZQ+FnZ9Lx6gh72ed2Fo wLIpwzAx4uEaCgfAWV5G2Q5dpDEDszvdNQJmdGAOwRRe90jtTQVGwRUrJnnfJwe6 ANmkIpGCZo8F1hS0zcOKLXp+fMSar2iJvzuTwEykoPbc0KxEzhJhoJ8IwW8oUAHM jN/sGOQnePNaiAYb6mjoyhLNwkgs/Q2L/vYo7jquAPxcREeDUGSFbuyZnYlX5zUp SXiKQ5jqx7wdji3N6LiO13iU8JpxLb3D49QD2yHsq/OfMqgy52Y= =rcKH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--