Gentoo Archives: gentoo-portage-dev

From: Anthony Gorecki <agorecki@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Proposal: pre-emerge advisories
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 09:56:29
Message-Id: 200507080251.38074.agorecki@ectrolinux.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-portage-dev] Proposal: pre-emerge advisories by Craig Lawson
1 On Friday, July 08, 2005 12:40 am, Craig Lawson wrote:
2 > What I'd like to see *before* I upgrade is a list of advisories about
3 > what trouble I'm in for.
4
5 I've found that many of these notices are posted in the Changelogs of the
6 ebuilds, as part of the "this updates X and does Y" descriptions of the
7 various patches and upgrades. Granted, it's not as detailed or readable, but
8 I've found that it typically gets the information across.
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12 Anthony Gorecki
13 Ectro-Linux Foundation