On Sunday 11 December 2005 10:35, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > Whenever relevant unread news items are found, the package manager will > create a file named ``/var/lib/portage/news/news.unread`` (if it does not > already exist) and append the news item identifier (eg > ``2005-11-01-yoursql-updates``) on a new line. > > .. Note:: Future changes to Portage involving support for multiple > repositories may require one news list per repository. Assuming > repositories have some kind of unique identifier, this file could be named > ``news-repoid.unread``.
Repositories will definitely have a unique identifier. Perhaps it would be better to use the repository-identifing format from the beginning so that readers are forced to be forwards-compatible? Assuming the readers would then output the repository name, labeling it "gentoo" should work well... > When a news item is read, its name should be removed from the > ``news.unread`` file. News clients may add the name to a ``news.read`` file > in the same directory with the same file format. news.read should either be mandatory or not created at all. Should a user change from a reader that creates and uses the file to one that doesn't and then change back again the results will be unexpected. > * Important: there are 5 unread news items. > * Type emerge --help news to learn how to read news files. [...] > An ``eselect`` [#eselect]_ module shall be created as the 'suggested' > display tool; other display tools (for example, a news to email forwarder, > which would be ideal for users who sync on a ``cron``) are left as options > for those who desire them. By "suggested" you mean that it should be referenced in the news help? -- Jason Stubbs -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
