On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 03:10:51 -0500, Dale wrote: > Andrew Ammerlaan wrote: > > > > And then another thing, how is it possible that so many people missed > > the news item? They are displayed quite prominently I think, and > > emerge will keep buggering you about it until it is marked as read. > > Just wondering if there is something that can be improved here. > > > > Best regards, > > Andrew > > > I'm pretty good at reading the news items. I seem to recall that you > see one only if it affects you, you have a package installed or > something. So, if it shows up, it is best to take notice. That said, I > don't recall seeing the news item either. I can't imagine me missing it > but I also can't imagine me not taking action either. After all, (eu)dev > is a important package. > > One thing is for sure, the name is rather obvious. The first word in > the title is eudev. I have yet to figure out how I missed it. Given > the number of people who did, could there have been a glitch and it > didn't show for some weird reason? Has someone who understands the code > checked to see if there was some typo that made it not show for most > users? > > I do think this is worth looking into. It just seems odd. >
It's not impossible for a news item to have bugs. Somewhat recently, when the hardened toolchain changes were being made, a news item was sent out recommending an `-e @world`. I knew it was coming because I saw the drafts of the news item here (as well as discussion on irc), so I was surprised when I didn't see it on my laptop on the day of. But I did see it on my work machine. We managed to track it down to my work machine using the hardened profile whereas my laptop is using the hardened/selinux profile, and Portage didn't quite catch that as being relevant for both. - Oskari
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