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From: Dan Meltzer <hydrogen@×××××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 42 news item for review: Radiant upgrade
Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 20:19:13
Message-Id: 200705061613.57060.hydrogen@notyetimplemented.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 42 news item for review: Radiant upgrade by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Sunday 06 May 2007 4:06:18 pm Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 > On Sun, 6 May 2007 16:00:56 -0400
3 >
4 > Dan Meltzer <hydrogen@×××××××××××××××××.com> wrote:
5 > > > Er, making elog logged by default would not solve the "requires an
6 > > > explicit read" problem. Making elog require an explicit read would
7 > > > be far too annoying because most elog notices are noise. We've been
8 > > > over this already.
9 > >
10 > > Not if one filters it properly. ELOG_CLASSES="warn error" sounds
11 > > like a sane default to me.
12 >
13 > So you want users to have to explicitly acknowledge all ewarn notices?
14 > Now *that*'s a way of making the system useless by overusing it.
15
16 Err, warn notices are supposed to be important warnings. If they are not it
17 sounds like a good job for QA.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 42 news item for review: Radiant upgrade Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@×××××××.org>