On Sat, 05 May 2007 22:56:58 +0200 Jakub Moc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not trying to sabotage anything but total misuse of the feature. > Would have the same objections wrt whatever other "critical" news > that'd constitute completely inappropriate usage of GLEP42 features. > (And I'd expect that you'd show a bit more knowledge of the GLEP you > are a co-author of, frankly.)
Have you stopped to consider that, as author of the GLEP, I know exactly what it was intended to do and how it works? It's a change to a core configuration file requiring explicit user action from every user. It is not merely a notice about a new feature or a behaviour change that only affects a small proportion of users. The former gets a news item, the latter gets an elog. > The relevant paludis output has been pasted twice already, so let me > try one last time: > > <snip> > ... Use of token '*' is deprecated, use '*/*' instead > </snip> > > How much more explanation about this 'critical' change do the users > *need*? If they don't get the above, maybe paludis and Linux just > isn't for them and they should stick to Windows. Meanwhile there's no > need to establish a precedent of using critical news for PEBKAC > issues. Experience has shown that without a news item, many users will ask for clarification or confirmation before making any changes, and with a news item users will be reassured that they're doing the right thing and that this is a deliberate change. Bear in mind that a large proportion of users didn't create those files by hand and haven't edited them themselves. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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