On Tue, 2012-07-24 at 07:20 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 7:07 AM, Fabian Groffen <grob...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > I don't know about general consensus. In my opinion, it's plain spam to > > existing users. (And that would IMO be the xth news item in a row to be > > spam.) > > Can't say I agree here. Some news items have been more useful than > others, but I doubt the typical Gentoo user (who does not subscribe to > -dev) would think that many of the past messages have been spam. > > Right now news is our only mechanism to warn users that something is > about to happen BEFORE it happens. Anytime I talk to somebody who has > left Gentoo the #1 thing I tend to hear is that they were tired of > things just breaking without warning. Even following -dev I've been > surprised by the odd upgrade - I can imagine the typical user would be > even more confused. > > Long-time Gentoo users aren't going to notice in the handbook that the > location of /etc/make.conf has moved - I know that if I'm doing an > install I tend to use the handbook as a checklist but I skim through > it so fast that I doubt I'd notice a big change. They're going to > appreciate a heads-up. The only people who wouldn't consider it news > are those following this list, and judging by the state of this thread > you'll already have read 40 posts on the topic, so the 41st won't be > that big of a deal. > > Rich >
Apologies for butting in as a user: As a user of Gentoo from about 2002 or so, with multiple gentoo systems, this thread is the first I have heard of make.conf moving ... cant imagine I am the only one! and are you about to break our systems unannounced (again) ? - its not spam to give us a heads up, even if its just reassurance. Sorry, but I would rather know. BillK
