On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Dan McGee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow, I got blasted today with an 88 package upgrade on one of my > machines, and this one really stuck out: > http://repos.archlinux.org/viewvc.cgi/lighttpd/trunk/lighttpd.install?revision=4866&view=markup > > I don't even know what is important anymore, so I just stopped reading > as I'm sure most of our users do too. > > 1. *Please* use optdepends for things like: > * mod_webdav : libxml2, sqlite3, e2fsprogs > * mod_cml : lua > * mod_magnet : lua > * mod_trigger_b4_dl : gdbm > * mod_mysql_vhost : libmysqlclient > > 2. Showing me these optional things every single time I install is > stupid. Use optdepends and educate people to use -Qi. > > 3. If you are going to do an install message, at least indent it > right. Why the heck was everything tabbed over here? > > 4. Don't keep one-upping every other install message to make sure > yours looks important. The number of ++++++++>>>>>>>>> and > ===========> and --------------> >> >>> !!!L#K!J#KL:!#KL:@#:%HKL: is > getting out of control.
======================================== Was about time it was said, it's annoyed me a bit too.. like the extra formatting. Btw, why do some people persist on manually line wrapping messages... any decent terminal and text editor can wrap without any problems. ======================================== James
