On 25-06-2009 22:57:08 +0100, AllenJB wrote: > As a user, I'd like to encourage developers to make use of news items > (eselect news) for important changes. I find them much more noticeable > than elog messages (which, while I have set them up so they get emailed > to me, I admit I don't always read). I think they're also easier to go > back and re-read later (not everyone knows how to dig out old elog > messages).
Maybe we should make an option to have portage not notice you of new news messages until you have read it to make the feature more popular. I personally felt after the java-config news message that it's more of a bugger than a help, since I have many systems, and on all of them I had to read it to get rid of the "waiting news message". And no, excluding them in the rsync sync is not the option, as I want to be able to read them if I don't recall the details any more... just my 2 cents why I am avoiding adding news messages these days -- Fabian Groffen Gentoo on a different level
