On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 09:08:19PM -0500, Dan Meltzer wrote: > I spoke to you about this in PM, but I think I didn't make it clear, > so here we are :) > > WRT links in file updates, this seems completely backwards. If a user > was admining over ssh, it would be far easier for them to load www.g.o > in their browser vs. copying link from terminal to their browser, but > for that matter, why is ssh relevent wrt links in files, but not when > we are talking about it being lightweight? If a user is not expected > to have a browser to recieve the news, how can they be expected to > have one to view doc's about it.
Links would be to guides, and bugs. Like it or not, that requires a browser... distributing notice of this information however does not require a browser. > Seems like these doc's should just be added to the news, none of them > are _that_ long. Guides/docs live on the site; distributing a snapshot of them in a news posting is a bad idea... forcing an emerge --sync to get at a doc is just plain daft. ~harring
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