Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Proposal: pre-emerge advisories

On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 04:05:07PM -0700, Drake Wyrm wrote:
> Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o> wrote:
> > On Friday 08 July 2005 16:40, Craig Lawson wrote:
> > > What I'd like to see *before* I upgrade is a list of advisories about
> > > what trouble I'm in for.
> >
> > How about the ChangeLog?
>
> That would be a great answer. I look for trips and traps by doing an
> `emerge --pretend --verbose --changelog` every time I sync.
> Unfortunately, changes are often made with no entry in the log. When
> some change has significant effects, it is rare that even a passing
> mention is made regarding the precautions and prerequisites. I'm not
> suggesting yelling-at-the-user style "*** DANGER WILL ROBINSON ***"
> messages, but the terse kind suggested in Mr. Lawson's first message
> would be dandy.

In addition, far too many of the Changelog entries refer to bugs by
number, with not a single word spared for any further explanation.
Even the shortest bug summary would be a great help.


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