On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 18:40 +0100, Marius Mauch wrote: > I've already asked a similar question in another mail (in other > context) without an answer, but how many news items do people believe > will exist at any given time?
We won't know for certain until people start using it. I expect that it'll eventually be used for more than just the package-upgrade-will-break-your-box type news that we plan on using it for at first. For example, there's no real reason why GLSA's couldn't been delivered via this at some point (although I'd prefer a "You have X amount of security fixes to apply" type message adding to emerge, and treating GLSAs as a special case). > Things that should definitely be changed: > - Integration with existing systems: > This definitely should be a requirement for the GLEP to be considered > final. It doesn't prevent some thing being implemented sooner than > others, but multi-channel distribution (to use a buzzword) is a > requirement from where I come from. One of the key things with successfully delivering a change programme is to not dilute the change by introducing too many at once. If we simultaneously launch emerge --news w/ (f.ex) gatewaying to gentoo-announce, I believe that it weakens the impact of introducing emerge --news. One of the objectives is to remove confusion from the minds of users about where to find the news. If we can start by pointing at one place, and saying "go there", we can clear up the confusion, and then afterwards introduce multi-channel distribution when our users "get it", so to speak. I'm all for making the news available via www.g.o etc etc as well - I just think doing it all at the same time will not be the most effective strategy. Best regards, Stu -- Stuart Herbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gentoo Developer http://www.gentoo.org/ http://stu.gnqs.org/diary/ GnuGP key id# F9AFC57C available from http://pgp.mit.edu Key fingerprint = 31FB 50D4 1F88 E227 F319 C549 0C2F 80BA F9AF C57C --
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