On Sun, 06 May 2007 20:43:08 +0200 Hans de Graaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2007-05-06 at 17:27 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > > If either the news item is shown once, it is bad because the user > > > might forget about if until that package actually hits the stable > > > branch. > > > > The 'eselect news' module that ships with Paludis solves that > > problem. > > I'm not familiar with either Paludis or the eselect news module. Could > you please explain in a few sentences how this problem is solved?
Try it. It's easier to get a feel for the whole thing by using a reference implementation than by reading a few sentences of description. > > > The only solution I currently see is an additional field in the > > > header, a change in behaviour and therefore the GLEP itself. > > > In particular, this field could be my previous understanding > > > of "Display-If-Upgrading-From-To" namely > > > "Display-Before-Upgrading-From-To" which would fit the > > > requirements defined by the GLEP: > > > > It doesn't fit the preemptive requirement. That wouldn't be > > preemptive, it would be last minute. One of the reasons for the > > GLEP is to remove the need for last-minute pkg_setup die notices. > > My intention would be to show these right after 'emerge --sync' or > 'emerge --pretend', not when the package is about to be merged. Then you want the non-existent pkg_pretend_post() feature, not GLEP 42. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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