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On 01/03/2018 03:13 PM, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote: |
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> On 01/03/2018 02:45 PM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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>> On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 12:23:33 +0100 |
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>> Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o> wrote: |
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>>> Do we necessarily need to do even that? A package manager could have a |
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>>> feature to mask based on other heuristics without changing the format, |
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>>> e.g all messages from before X, presumably with a switch to show |
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>> Package manglers having to use heuristics when explicit information |
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>> could easily be provided by developers but isn't is the source of at |
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>> least 27.4% of Gentoo's problems. |
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> I'd say it is easier to have flexibility for user to decide than a |
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> developer trying to estimate the value of the information for setting an |
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> expiration date, as that is context dependent. |
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That said, I'd prefer either option over deleting news items, deleting |
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info shouldn't be necessary to begin with, it'd be more interesting to |
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have an "active" boolean or something, but still keep the info (but I'd |
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still say a PM filter based on date is better) |
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