* Re: [gentoo-dev] Revisiting GLEP 19
@ 2004-07-21 15:36 99% ` Stuart Herbert
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From: Stuart Herbert @ 2004-07-21 15:36 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Wednesday 21 July 2004 16:25, aeriksson@fastmail.fm wrote:
> I second that feeling. If what we're trying to achieve is to have a
> way to signal to the sysadmins that a security update is present, why
> not just add a [S] entry to 'emerge -pv'?
Two things. First off, I'd hope to achieve a lot more than just adding a [S]
entry to emerge -pv.
Secondly, where do you think Portage will get the information from to decide
whether or not to add the [S]? Right now, the design of the glsa toolset is
to bolt this information onto the side. With XML-based changelogs, the
information could be stored where it belongs - in the list of what has
changed and why.
> That way the community
> packaging gentoo can stay on step with the development of the upstream
> project (low cost), and the sysadmin was to decide (and take the cost)
> for doing the upgrade of his installed packages with security holes.
Done well (ie, providing a tool so that devs don't *have* to hack XML files by
hand), XML Changelogs should add no extra cost. They would also make
third-party GUIs like Porthole and packages.gentoo.org much simpler to write
and maintain.
Best regards,
Stu
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