On Sat, 2008-02-02 at 09:45 +0000, Duncan wrote: > > How about just some elog "If you use make install, emerge --noreplace > > debianutils" in the kernel's postinst or something. > > Well, that doesn't help those who get their kernels elsewhere, which IMO > are the ones most likely to have their own scripted solutions using make > install and thus debianutils in the first place, thus the general > announcement suggestion, but a kernel-2.eclass einfo as proposed is a > start and certainly won't hurt. =8^) (Also, as I've said, folks with > such site-customized scripts are precisely the ones advanced enough they > /should/ catch it and be well able to make the necessary changes > themselves, regardless of warning, but should != will, and a GMN/GWN/ > upgrade-guide warning is a nice touch in any case.)
Well, we can hold off adding it to the actual tree until after the next GMN, so that's not really an issue. My main question was if there was any opposition, and it appears that there is none, so long as information is provided to our users. I'm in total agreement. If I don't hear any complaints, I'd like to go ahead and get a GMN article together. Do we really need a front-page news item for this? I don't think the impact would be terribly great, as I suspect this affects a very small number of people whom are likely to be more advanced users. I think adding the info to GMN/gentoo-dev-announce/gentoo-user should suffice. If someone thinks we need to do a front-page article, we can do that, too. -- Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering Strategic Lead Games Developer
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