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On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:55:39 +0200 |
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Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:09:05 -0600 |
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> Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o> wrote: |
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> > |
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> > > - Make use of readme.gentoo.eclass to make the user aware of the |
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> > > Gentoo Linux Kernel Upgrade Guide only the first time he emerges |
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> > > the package. Fixes bug #457598. |
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> > |
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> > Call me crazy, but upgrade guides seem like something you might want |
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> > to tell the user about during an upgrade. |
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> True, I was wondering if there is a way to show it on their first |
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> upgrade instead; most users would indeed not be able or forget to |
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> bookmark this during their handbook install. |
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> Therefore, I won't commit this patch. |
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> I wonder if Pacho can adapt the eclass to allow us to do this on the |
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> first upgrade, I have explicitly put him in CC so he can consider that. |
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> Perhaps he can also explain why he wanted to see this change happen. |
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> I thought the goal of this eclass is to get rid of repeating messages |
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> that are not that important from the elog. After you have installed the |
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> kernel twice you should be able to do it a third time. People that |
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> really still need the link have it either bookmarked or can look into |
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> that file, another concern here is that nothing mentions its existence. |
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> The user would have to spot it in the list of installed files, strange. |
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> If I misunderstood the goal of this eclass, sorry, it's not documented. |
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> I thought people were against these kind of repeating messages in elog. |
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> - http://devmanual.gentoo.org/eclass-reference/readme.gentoo.eclass |
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> - Bug in discussion: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457598 |
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Personally I think that the entire idea of only displaying messages on the |
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first install is completely asinine. What exactly is the benefit? Were users |
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complaining that we were being too helpful and they'd like us to hide important |
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messages in random places? |
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