On Monday 16 February 2009 20:36:02 Dale wrote: > Well, it is done now. You know what would be nice, a mailing list that > announces these new "features". Maybe one that only devs can post to > but anyone can receive. Just a little note that something new is coming > and what it does would be really nice.
Well, there sort-of is something like that already - the Changelog. The trouble with news-announce-change lists is that no-one can ever make up their mind as to what goes on it and what doesn't, so they end up sooner or later being a dump for the entire Changelog (which you already have :-) ) I've been caught out by this stuff too many times. Now I always read /var/portage/profiles/package.mask before an update. With a bit of practise anf doing it frequently, you get a good idea of what parts of the tree are active and where changes are being made. Helps with predicting stuff :-) -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
