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On Sat, 4 Apr 2009 15:17:30 +0200 |
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Peter Alfredsen <loki_val@g.o> wrote: |
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> While it may be useful to post all the information about the |
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> package-manager for *you*, it's not helping us (bug-wranglers) any. We |
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> need one screenfull of text that concisely shows us the state of your |
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> system. |
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There is no magic way of determining which bits of information are or |
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are not useful. |
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> We really can guess a lot from the emerge --info output. |
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'guess'. Like how you have to guess what use flags are really being |
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used for the package in question, because it doesn't tell you? |
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> Also, we still get people who just post their paludis --info. Could |
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> you please put in *bold letters* at the top of that output that it's |
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> not the info they'll need when reporting bugs. |
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It's in bright pink at the bottom. If people aren't reading that, tell |
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them to start paying attention or buy a mac. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |