From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87F2D138C9D for ; Sun, 26 Apr 2015 19:18:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B75A4E091A; Sun, 26 Apr 2015 19:17:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7E60BE0867 for ; Sun, 26 Apr 2015 19:17:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10BD62EA1B7 for ; Sun, 26 Apr 2015 15:17:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 8B6spDqVsDvP for ; Sun, 26 Apr 2015 15:17:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ca.inter.net (host-104-157-219-177.dyn.295.ca [104.157.219.177]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id AED2E2EA087 for ; Sun, 26 Apr 2015 15:17:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 26 Apr 2015 15:17:53 -0400 Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 15:17:53 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] And so the emerge spake: Let there be conflicts...and see, everything was chaos and sin... Message-ID: <20150426191753.GD1067@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20150425160758.GA32271@solfire> <553C955D.9070905@gmail.com> <20150426091742.3cb310cb@digimed.co.uk> <553CECDF.3000101@gmail.com> <20150426181742.2a535138@digimed.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150426181742.2a535138@digimed.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Archives-Salt: aaaf039e-bcbe-432d-86ff-0cd0a4a3a645 X-Archives-Hash: 318a26d597040311d018fb864c9f32ea 150426 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 15:49:19 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> Emerge really needs to have it's output redesigned from scratch. > I t needs a full overhaul of the way it communicates what is happening. +1 : Portage needs to tell users (1) more clearly what's gone wrong, (2) what their choices are, (3) how to resolve the problem. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca