On 01/03/2018 02:45 PM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 12:23:33 +0100 > Kristian Fiskerstrand <k...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> Do we necessarily need to do even that? A package manager could have a >> feature to mask based on other heuristics without changing the format, >> e.g all messages from before X, presumably with a switch to show > Package manglers having to use heuristics when explicit information > could easily be provided by developers but isn't is the source of at > least 27.4% of Gentoo's problems.
I'd say it is easier to have flexibility for user to decide than a developer trying to estimate the value of the information for setting an expiration date, as that is context dependent. -- Kristian Fiskerstrand OpenPGP keyblock reachable at hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net fpr:94CB AFDD 3034 5109 5618 35AA 0B7F 8B60 E3ED FAE3
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