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From: "Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto" <jmbsvicetto@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: news item: changes to stages (make.conf and make.profile)
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:00:31
Message-Id: 500E7FFC.8050507@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: news item: changes to stages (make.conf and make.profile) by Fabian Groffen
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4 On 24-07-2012 06:54, Fabian Groffen wrote:
5 > On 23-07-2012 22:10:08 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote:
6 >> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto
7 >> <jmbsvicetto@g.o> wrote:
8 >>> This is just a heads-up for Gentoo users that got used to find
9 >>> make.conf and make.profile under /etc in stages, that these
10 >>> files will stop being there and will instead be under
11 >>> /etc/portage. So we are changing the defaults.
12 >>
13 >> I'd spell that out then - just say that no action is required
14 >> for existing installations, but be aware of the new location on
15 >> new installs, or feel free to move them if you want.
16 >
17 > I still don't see why you'd bother all existing users with that
18 > info. Just blog, or (better) write a nice email to -announce, and
19 > update the install docs.
20
21 The point of "bugging" all users was to minimize the risk of a user
22 not being aware of the change. If the general consensus is that this
23 should not be sent as news item (GLEP42), I'll drop itl
24
25 > Also, can you exclude all Prefix profiles for this news item if
26 > you insist on pushing it out?
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28 I don't know the specific methods to filter news items, so if you or
29 others can help with that, I'd appreciate.
30 If anyone has particular suggestions about who should see this news
31 item, including the filter of how to achieve that, please let me know.
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33 > Fabian
34 >
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36 - --
37 Regards,
38
39 Jorge Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) - jmbsvicetto at gentoo dot org
40 Gentoo- forums / Userrel / Devrel / KDE / Elections / RelEng
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