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On Sun, 6 May 2007 18:20:31 +0200 |
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expose@×××××××××××.net wrote: |
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> > Thus giving them lots of notice, which is one of the things the GLEP |
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> > was designed to do. |
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> If either the news item is shown once, it is bad because the user |
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> might forget about if until that package actually hits the stable |
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> branch. |
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The 'eselect news' module that ships with Paludis solves that problem. |
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> The only solution I currently see is an additional field in the |
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> header, a change in behaviour and therefore the GLEP itself. |
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> In particular, this field could be my previous understanding |
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> of "Display-If-Upgrading-From-To" namely |
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> "Display-Before-Upgrading-From-To" which would fit the requirements |
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> defined by the GLEP: |
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It doesn't fit the preemptive requirement. That wouldn't be preemptive, |
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it would be last minute. One of the reasons for the GLEP is to remove |
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the need for last-minute pkg_setup die notices. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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