Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 42 "Critical News Reporting" Round Two

[Dan Meltzer]

>``Content-Type:``
>   Must be ``text/plain``. Mandatory.

Why have this header at all then?

>   ``Posted:``
>   Date of posting, in ``dd-mmm-yyyy`` format (e.g. 14-Aug-2001). UTC time in
>   ``hh-mm-ss +0000`` format may also be included. This field is mandatory.
How will prescendse be handled if two have the same date, and one has
a time and the other doesn't?

On 11/4/05, Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o> wrote:
> Attached is a substantially reworked draft. I've restructured the whole
> thing, fleshed it out in places, clarified some parts and incorporated
> the useful stuff from previous discussions.
>
> Note: this is now GLEP 42 as allocated by Grant. AFAIK ChrisWhite's GLEP
> of the same number never made it to official status.
>
> Feedback from people who have something useful to say would be very much
> welcomed, assuming of course that they've read the GLEP.
>
> If you're going to rant on about XML or anything that assumes we have a
> static release Debian-style against which we somehow make
> 'corrections', you'll be ignored unless you come up with a very good
> justification based upon requirements and implementation rather than
> hand waving and incoherent rants. If you don't like it, you're welcome
> to write a competing GLEP.
>
> To give those who like arguing endlessly something else to go on about,
> the eselect news module is now upgraded to the 'suggested' tool for
> displaying news items. Look! I'm sneakily and evilly pushing a sekrit
> agenda here! Also, I murdered three puppies last night.
>
> Grant, please commit this to CVS. I'm too scared of docutils to do it
> myself.
>
> --
> Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Anti-XML, anti-newbie conspiracy)
> Mail            : ciaranm at gentoo.org
> Web             : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm
>
>
>
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