Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: news items vs ewarns

2015-01-30 Thread Andrew Savchenko
On Fri, 30 Jan 2015 18:22:31 -0500 Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 6:06 PM, William Hubbs 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. > > > > IMH

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: news items vs ewarns

2015-01-30 Thread William Hubbs
On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 06:22:31PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 6:06 PM, William Hubbs 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. > > >

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: news items vs ewarns

2015-01-30 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 6:06 PM, William Hubbs 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 a

[gentoo-dev] rfc: news items vs ewarns

2015-01-30 Thread William Hubbs
All, as a separate thread from my last message, I would like to pose a question. 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. Thanks, William signature.asc Description: Digital s