On Fri, 30 Jan 2015 18:22:31 -0500 Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 6:06 PM, William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > > When should ewarns vs news items be used to inform users about changes? > > I'm not asking for a policy, just thoughts about when one or the other > > should be used. > > > > IMHO it is almost pointless to issue news this far after the event. > Just about anybody impacted will have already broken their systems and > fixed them by now.
People usually don't update @world daily, so even news with one month delay will be useful for many. Of course, warning about serious issues beforehand is preferred when possible. Best regards, Andrew Savchenko
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