On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 07:49 +0200, Lars Weiler wrote:
> * Andrew Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [07/09/02 19:11 -0500]:
> > I'm not so sure. The last rites have historically always been for complete
> > removals of a package from the tree. Is there any reason to change it? Just
> > removing an older version of a package from the tree is something that
> > happens all the time. Do we want to clutter up the GWN (as much as it needs
> > content sometimes) with this unimportant information?
>
> Think about apache1, php4, KDE-3, gcc-2.95, etc.
>
> IMHO they are worth being announced in the last rites
> section, probably along with a nice upgrade-guide.
No. Things like these should be listed in "Gentoo News" with a nice,
full article. The Last Rites section is supposed to be nothing more
than a list of upcoming package removals. All "important" news should
still be done separately.
--
Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering Strategic Lead
Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams
Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee
Gentoo Foundation
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