Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 42 news item for review: Radiant upgrade
Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 18:51:46
Message-Id: 20070506184418.GO6495@seldon
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 42 news item for review: Radiant upgrade by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Sun, May 06, 2007 at 07:21:02PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 > On Sun, 6 May 2007 14:17:29 -0400
3 > Dan Meltzer <hydrogen@×××××××××××××××××.com> wrote:
4 > > > > which elog could easily be extended to do.
5 > > >
6 > > > But which elog does not do by default, and for good reason.
7 > >
8 > > and what good reason would that be?
9 >
10 > That elog is designed for post-install messages that aren't necessarily
11 > relevant to many users.
12
13 Elog is a general mechanism; einfo/ewarn/enotice (etc) are designed to
14 seperate what's "relevant to users"- so you'll need a better reason :)
15
16 ~harring