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From: Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: news items vs ewarns
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 04:29:52
Message-Id: 20150131072939.e423e8d40d29db4ce5c1626c@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: news items vs ewarns by Rich Freeman
1 On Fri, 30 Jan 2015 18:22:31 -0500 Rich Freeman wrote:
2 > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 6:06 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
3 > >
4 > > When should ewarns vs news items be used to inform users about changes?
5 > > I'm not asking for a policy, just thoughts about when one or the other
6 > > should be used.
7 > >
8 >
9 > IMHO it is almost pointless to issue news this far after the event.
10 > Just about anybody impacted will have already broken their systems and
11 > fixed them by now.
12
13 People usually don't update @world daily, so even news with one
14 month delay will be useful for many. Of course, warning about
15 serious issues beforehand is preferred when possible.
16
17 Best regards,
18 Andrew Savchenko