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From: Dan Meltzer <hydrogen@×××××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 42 news item for review: Radiant upgrade
Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 19:42:50
Message-Id: 200705061537.05885.hydrogen@notyetimplemented.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 42 news item for review: Radiant upgrade by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Sunday 06 May 2007 3:28:41 pm Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 > On Sun, 6 May 2007 15:19:53 -0400
3 >
4 > Dan Meltzer <hydrogen@×××××××××××××××××.com> wrote:
5 > > On Sunday 06 May 2007 3:02:38 pm Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
6 > > > On Sun, 6 May 2007 14:53:22 -0400
7 > > >
8 > > > Dan Meltzer <hydrogen@×××××××××××××××××.com> wrote:
9 > > > > > One of the reasons GLEP 42 was necessary was because users
10 > > > > > *don't* read things delivered by other methods.
11 > > > >
12 > > > > And they are magically going to read the news?
13 > >
14 > > Experience being two news items about one package. Expand this to a
15 > > tree size, where the user has around 400-500 packages. If they get
16 > > news about changes that will increase their experience for each one
17 > > of these, they are looking at reading the New York Times of gentoo
18 > > every day. It's not going to happen.
19 >
20 > And, if that happens (which it won't), we'll have more experience and
21 > we can evaluate future news items based upon that. A more realistic
22 > view for your typical user is less than a news item per week.
23
24 And what are you basing this on?
25 >
26 > > > Paludis users do not consider that news item trivial.
27 > >
28 > > If I was a paludis user I would considder this trivial. The same
29 > > information is availible a) from the package itself. b) from the
30 > > changelog, and c) it still works without the change!
31 >
32 > But you aren't, and those who are disagree.
33
34 I've yet to here from the "those who are" otherwise yet.
35
36 Would the thoses who are be the same ones that you called idiots for writing
37 horrible hooks that broke their system? or would this be a different group of
38 those who ares?
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Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 42 news item for review: Radiant upgrade Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@×××××××.org>