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On Sun, 2007-05-06 at 17:27 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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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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I'm not familiar with either Paludis or the eselect news module. Could |
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you please explain in a few sentences how this problem is solved? |
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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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My intention would be to show these right after 'emerge --sync' or |
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'emerge --pretend', not when the package is about to be merged. |
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