On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 13:32:05 +0900 Jason Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Repositories will definitely have a unique identifier. Perhaps it | would be better to use the repository-identifing format from the | beginning so that readers are forced to be forwards-compatible? | Assuming the readers would then output the repository name, labeling | it "gentoo" should work well...
*shrug* If someone creates metadata/repository_id (or whatever), I'll go with that. Otherwise, I'm not in favour of attempting to guess how the thing will be implemented. | > When a news item is read, its name should be removed from the | > ``news.unread`` file. News clients may add the name to a | > ``news.read`` file in the same directory with the same file format. | | news.read should either be mandatory or not created at all. Should a | user change from a reader that creates and uses the file to one that | doesn't and then change back again the results will be unexpected. I'm not sure that that's the case. With a news to email forwarder, for example, it wouldn't make sense to keep track of news.read. | > * Important: there are 5 unread news items. | > * Type emerge --help news to learn how to read news files. | [...] | > An ``eselect`` [#eselect]_ module shall be created as the | > 'suggested' display tool; other display tools (for example, a news | > to email forwarder, which would be ideal for users who sync on a | > ``cron``) are left as options for those who desire them. | | By "suggested" you mean that it should be referenced in the news help? News help, handbook etc, yes. -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (I can kill you with my brain) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm
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