On 15:35 Mon 01 Dec , Joe Peterson wrote: > However, what I see as perhaps a missing "piece" is more conceptual: the > important connection between the valuable info in the emerge logs (and their > somewhat transient default nature) and what a user looks for when he/she has a > problem with a package. Yes, users will realize this as they use Gentoo (and > will start paying more attention to logs as a result), so I don't think it's a > huge problem, but what this particular user said to me made me think that > there is, perhaps, an opportunity to improve the situation.
Based on the rarity of me seeing this reported as a problem, I'm inclined to think it says more about this user than about our system. I don't think it's our responsibility to put documentation everywhere someone might conceivably look for information. -- Thanks, Donnie Donnie Berkholz Developer, Gentoo Linux Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com
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