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From: "Tomáš Chvátal" <scarabeus@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] app-emulation/virtualbox-ose got renamed to app-emulation/virtualbox
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:21:27
Message-Id: 4D27378A.1070002@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] app-emulation/virtualbox-ose got renamed to app-emulation/virtualbox by Rich Freeman
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4 Dne 7.1.2011 16:51, Rich Freeman napsal(a):
5 > On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@g.o> wrote:
6 >> Please pretty please read the elog messages when you update/install app-
7 >> emulation/virtualbox for the first time after this package move. It contains
8 >> important information!
9 >
10 > Shouldn't this be announced in a news message, and not a posting to
11 > gentoo-dev. The users of virtualbox and the readers of
12 > gentoo-dev-announce are not the same set.
13 >
14 > Said news announcement should of course be rebroadcast when it hits stable.
15 >
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17 Why? It should be all automatic (the pkgmove).
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19 And news items are supposed to be done when something changes so
20 drastically elog events does not sufice.
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22 elog "IMPORTANT!"
23 elog "If you upgrade from app-emulation/virtualbox-ose make sure to run"
24 elog "\"env-update\" as root and logout and relogin as the user you wish"
25 elog "to run ${PN} as."
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27 ^ i dont think this is so drastic for news item :)
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29 Cheers
30
31 Tom
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