On Saturday 05 May 2007 5:34:29 pm Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sat, 05 May 2007 14:26:48 -0700 > > Mike Doty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > After some discussion on #-dev there are some improvements that we can > > make on glep 42. > > Well, if you're going about improving it, start by adding in the > Display-If-Upgrading-From-To: header. It'll be a nuisance to implement, > but it'll be far more useful than any of the rest of this. > > > 1. Priority levels for news items: If we did this users could decide > > what levels of importance to filter out. > > That'll just increase the amount of disagreement about news items > because it'll give people more pointless wording to argue over. > > > 2. Standards for news items: Based on the paludis news item thread, > > it's clear we need some standards for what we release as news. If > > combined with #1 we can set different standards and give the users > > some more choice on what they accept and what we publish. > > It's quite simple. If releasing a news item improves the user > experience of affected users more than not releasing it, the news item > should be released.
mmm, by this arguement news should be written for every version bump, explaining what has changed in the package that is user visible. It would definatly improve the users experience if they knew what they were upgrading to, not just that they were upgrading. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
