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On 01/24/2013 10:12 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> Otherwise we're just finding creative ways to drive away users. Sure, |
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> we can call them stupid on their way out the door, but while I can't |
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> speak for anybody else, I'm mainly here because I'd like to do some |
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> good, and I wouldn't mind it if I found Gentoo useful along the way. |
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> I think what we need is a combination of: |
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> 1. Only truly critical issues trigger fatal errors. This can't be |
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> used for default config checks. |
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> 2. The fatal errors are overridable. |
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> 3. If overriden the errors are still output. |
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> 4. The error output includes instructions on how to override, and the |
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> instructions are package-specific (ie don't stick i_know_what_im_doing |
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> in make.conf). |
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> 5. The change introducing the issue is preceded with a news item. |
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I completely agree with this, so I won't drag the issue out any further. |
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