| 1 |
On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 15:16:27 +0100 Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o> |
| 2 |
wrote: |
| 3 |
| I have one suggestion on an added header. I think that an Overrides: |
| 4 |
| header should be added. This is for those messages that make a |
| 5 |
| previous message obsolete. Say for example that an upgrade guide to |
| 6 |
| modular X was posted, but that a critical error was made in it. This |
| 7 |
| was fixed, and to make sure that people read the new message, it is |
| 8 |
| not a higher version. |
| 9 |
| |
| 10 |
| It is however not a good idea to have people then read the old |
| 11 |
| message when the new message is there. |
| 12 |
|
| 13 |
Hrm. The advantage of this over simply removing the old news item is |
| 14 |
that it'll work if the user keeps unread messages around between |
| 15 |
multiple syncs. The disadvantage is that it makes the implementation a |
| 16 |
bit trickier. Opinions on the tradeoff? |
| 17 |
|
| 18 |
-- |
| 19 |
Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron) |
| 20 |
Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org |
| 21 |
Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm |
Archives