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Nathan L. Adams wrote: |
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> Just keep in mind that portage is supposed to be non-interactive and |
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> most users like it that way. (Although the countdown when cleaning out |
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> old packages kinda breaks that idea, but I digress.) |
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This must be some definition of the word interactive i'm not aware of. |
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;) Displaying something on the screen for a user to read is not |
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interaction. |
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> So just make sure that the scheme doesn't involve forcing the user to |
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> notice anything during a 'normal' non-interactive emerge in order for it |
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> to be effective. Thats why I keep pushing having a nice GuideXML version |
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> in a central location like http://errata.g.o/ and just having emerge |
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> output a summary and a link (however/at what point/with what mechanism |
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> you decide to actually have portage output it). |
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Forcing the user to see it is exactly the point. There are already many |
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sources for news that the user can go to. We don't need another. |
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And while the idea of having portage give the user a summary and link is |
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a step in the right direction, it'd be even nicer if the message itself |
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was available without an internet connection (ie. kept in the tree). |
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--de. |
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