Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: modifications to GLEP42

[Mike Doty]

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Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Sat, 05 May 2007 14:26:48 -0700
> Mike Doty <kingtaco@g.o> wrote:
>> After some discussion on #-dev there are some improvements that we can
>> make on glep 42.
>
> Well, if you're going about improving it, start by adding in the
> Display-If-Upgrading-From-To: header. It'll be a nuisance to implement,
> but it'll be far more useful than any of the rest of this.
Your word doesn't inspire most of us.  If you think this is a good idea,
you need to explain why.

>> 1.  Priority levels for news items:  If we did this users could decide
>> what levels of importance to filter out.
>
> That'll just increase the amount of disagreement about news items
> because it'll give people more pointless wording to argue over.
Item #2 covers that.

>> 2.  Standards for news items:  Based on the paludis news item thread,
>> it's clear we need some standards for what we release as news.  If
>> combined with #1 we can set different standards and give the users
>> some more choice on what they accept and what we publish.
>
> It's quite simple. If releasing a news item improves the user
> experience of affected users more than not releasing it, the news item
> should be released.
It clearly isn't that simple.


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Mike Doty                      kingtaco -at- gentoo.org
Gentoo Council
Gentoo Infrastructure
Gentoo/AMD64 Strategic Lead
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