[gentoo-dev] Re: GLEP 42 (Critical news reporting) updates

[Dan Meltzer]

Point of Clarity,

> and the ``mysql-5`` database format changes.

These changes actually occured in mysql 4.1, not mysql-5


On 12/10/05, Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o> wrote:
> Main changes since the previous edition:
>
> * File format tweaks.
>
> * Changes to the way relevance headers work to make it easy to do
> things like "show this to gcc-3.3 users on x86 or sparc".
>
> * News items are no longer copied. This makes it considerably easier to
> install news items -- there's no longer a need to do clever directory
> syncing tricks.
>
> For those of you who can't read RST, an updated version will appear on
> the website sometime in the not too distant future. For those of you
> who can, see the attached.
>
> For the sake of keeping this vaguely sane, replies that meet any of the
> following criteria will be ignored:
>
> * Top or HTML posting
>
> * Lack of coherent English sentences, complete with proper punctuation
> and capitalisation.
>
> * The sender's first name ends in 'an', and they are not me.
>
> * Questions about why the GLEP doesn't address hypothetical vapourware
> concepts.
>
> * Questions about why the GLEP doesn't provide a way to tell users that
> there's a pissup at Reuben's house next Tuesday.
>
> * Questions about why the GLEP doesn't require "integration with other
> systems", rather than leaving it merely as something that should be
> easily doable.
>
> * Anything involving XML.
>
> --
> Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (I can kill you with my brain)
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>
>
>

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