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31<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">GLEP:</th><td class="field-body">42</td> 31<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">GLEP:</th><td class="field-body">42</td>
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33<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Title:</th><td class="field-body">Critical News Reporting</td> 33<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Title:</th><td class="field-body">Critical News Reporting</td>
34</tr> 34</tr>
35<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Version:</th><td class="field-body">$Revision: 1.6 $</td> 35<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Version:</th><td class="field-body">$Revision: 1.7 $</td>
36</tr> 36</tr>
37<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body">Ciaran McCreesh &lt;ciaranm&#32;&#97;t&#32;gentoo.org&gt;</td> 37<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body">Ciaran McCreesh &lt;ciaranm&#32;&#97;t&#32;gentoo.org&gt;</td>
38</tr> 38</tr>
39<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Last-Modified:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference" href="http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/xml/htdocs/proj/en/glep/glep-0042.txt?cvsroot=gentoo">$Date: 2005/12/18 04:16:44 $</a></td> 39<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Last-Modified:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference" href="http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/xml/htdocs/proj/en/glep/glep-0042.txt?cvsroot=gentoo">$Date: 2006/01/05 15:10:45 $</a></td>
40</tr> 40</tr>
41<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Status:</th><td class="field-body">Draft</td> 41<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Status:</th><td class="field-body">Draft</td>
42</tr> 42</tr>
43<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Type:</th><td class="field-body">Standards Track</td> 43<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Type:</th><td class="field-body">Standards Track</td>
44</tr> 44</tr>
45<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Content-Type:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference" href="http://www.python.org/peps/glep-0012.html">text/x-rst</a></td> 45<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Content-Type:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference" href="http://www.python.org/peps/glep-0012.html">text/x-rst</a></td>
46</tr> 46</tr>
47<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Created:</th><td class="field-body">31-Oct-2005</td> 47<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Created:</th><td class="field-body">31-Oct-2005</td>
48</tr> 48</tr>
49<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Post-History:</th><td class="field-body">1-Nov-2005, 5-Nov-2005, 7-Nov-2005, 11-Dec-2005, 13-Dec-2005, 18-Dec-2005</td> 49<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Post-History:</th><td class="field-body">1-Nov-2005, 5-Nov-2005, 7-Nov-2005, 11-Dec-2005, 13-Dec-2005, 18-Dec-2005, 5-Jan-2006</td>
50</tr> 50</tr>
51</tbody> 51</tbody>
52</table> 52</table>
53<hr /> 53<hr />
54<div class="contents topic" id="contents"> 54<div class="contents topic" id="contents">
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203</ol> 203</ol>
204</div> 204</div>
205<div class="section" id="required-portage-enhancements"> 205<div class="section" id="required-portage-enhancements">
206<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id25" name="required-portage-enhancements">Required Portage Enhancements</a></h2> 206<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id25" name="required-portage-enhancements">Required Portage Enhancements</a></h2>
207<p>The following extensions to Portage are required:</p> 207<p>The following extensions to Portage are required:</p>
208<p>TODO: ferringb wants spaces added to the first item on the list. I don't,
209because it makes repo id -&gt; filename mappings nasty.</p>
210<ul class="simple"> 208<ul class="simple">
211<li>Every repository (including overlays) will require a unique identifier. It is 209<li>Every repository (including overlays) will require a unique identifier. It is
212assumed that an identifier will be a string consisting of characters from 210assumed that an identifier will be a string consisting of characters from
213<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">a</span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">z</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">A</span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Z</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">9</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">+</span></tt> (plus), <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-</span></tt> (hyphen), 211<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">a</span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">z</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">A</span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Z</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">9</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">+</span></tt> (plus), <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-</span></tt> (hyphen)
214<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">:</span></tt> (colon) and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">_</span></tt> (underscore).</li> 212<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">_</span></tt> (underscore).</li>
215<li>Portage must provide a way for external programs to obtain a list of all 213<li>Portage must provide a way for external programs to obtain a list of all
216repository identifiers for a given system. It is assumed that this will be in 214repository identifiers for a given system. It is assumed that this will be in
217the form of a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">portageq</span></tt> command (e.g. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">portageq</span> <span class="pre">get_repo_ids</span></tt>).</li> 215the form of a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">portageq</span></tt> command (e.g. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">portageq</span> <span class="pre">get_repo_ids</span></tt>).</li>
218<li>Portage must provide a way for external programs to obtain the base path for 216<li>Portage must provide a way for external programs to obtain the base path for
219a repository with a given ID. It is assumed that this will be in the form of 217a repository with a given ID. It is assumed that this will be in the form of
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231<p>Each news item will have a unique identifier. This identifier will be in the 229<p>Each news item will have a unique identifier. This identifier will be in the
232form <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">yyyy-mm-dd-short-name</span></tt>, where <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">yyyy</span></tt> is the year (e.g. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">2005</span></tt>), 230form <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">yyyy-mm-dd-short-name</span></tt>, where <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">yyyy</span></tt> is the year (e.g. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">2005</span></tt>),
233<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mm</span></tt> is the month (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">01</span></tt> through <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">12</span></tt>) and dd is the day of the month 231<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mm</span></tt> is the month (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">01</span></tt> through <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">12</span></tt>) and dd is the day of the month
234(<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">01</span></tt> through <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">31</span></tt>). The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">short-name</span></tt> is a very short name describing the 232(<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">01</span></tt> through <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">31</span></tt>). The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">short-name</span></tt> is a very short name describing the
235news item (e.g. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">yoursql-updates</span></tt>), consisting only of the characters <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">a-z</span></tt>, 233news item (e.g. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">yoursql-updates</span></tt>), consisting only of the characters <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">a-z</span></tt>,
236<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0-9</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">+</span></tt> (plus), <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">:</span></tt> (colon), <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-</span></tt> (hyphen) and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">_</span></tt> (underscore).</p> 234<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0-9</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">+</span></tt> (plus), <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-</span></tt> (hyphen) and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">_</span></tt> (underscore).</p>
237</div> 235</div>
238<div class="section" id="news-item-directories"> 236<div class="section" id="news-item-directories">
239<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id27" name="news-item-directories">News Item Directories</a></h2> 237<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id27" name="news-item-directories">News Item Directories</a></h2>
240<p>Each news item will be represented by a directory whose name is the same as the 238<p>Each news item will be represented by a directory whose name is the same as the
241news item's identifier.</p> 239news item's identifier.</p>
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249<div class="section" id="news-item-files"> 247<div class="section" id="news-item-files">
250<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id28" name="news-item-files">News Item Files</a></h2> 248<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id28" name="news-item-files">News Item Files</a></h2>
251<p>A news item file is a text file, encoded using UTF-8 <a class="footnote-reference" href="#rfc-3629" id="id7" name="id7">[14]</a> for 249<p>A news item file is a text file, encoded using UTF-8 <a class="footnote-reference" href="#rfc-3629" id="id7" name="id7">[14]</a> for
252compatibility with and for the same reasons as existing Gentoo documentation 250compatibility with and for the same reasons as existing Gentoo documentation
253<a class="footnote-reference" href="#docs-policy" id="id8" name="id8">[2]</a> and the tree <a class="footnote-reference" href="#glep-31" id="id9" name="id9">[7]</a>.</p> 251<a class="footnote-reference" href="#docs-policy" id="id8" name="id8">[2]</a> and the tree <a class="footnote-reference" href="#glep-31" id="id9" name="id9">[7]</a>.</p>
254<p>News items should be signed with a detached GPG signature:</p> 252<p>News items must be signed with a detached GPG signature.:</p>
255<pre class="literal-block"> 253<pre class="literal-block">
256gpg --armour --detach-sign ????-??-??-*.??.txt 254gpg --armour --detach-sign ????-??-??-*.??.txt
257</pre> 255</pre>
256<p>This GLEP does not specify the type or strength of signature to be used, nor
257does it discuss how, if at all, a centralised keychain will be provided. These
258issues should be handled as part of the signing policy discussions.</p>
258<p>A news item file's content will consist of an <a class="reference" href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc822.html">RFC 822</a> style header <a class="footnote-reference" href="#rfc-822" id="id10" name="id10">[13]</a> 259<p>A news item file's content will consist of an <a class="reference" href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc822.html">RFC 822</a> style header <a class="footnote-reference" href="#rfc-822" id="id10" name="id10">[13]</a>
259followed by the main body of the message as plain text. This GLEP defines 260followed by the main body of the message as plain text. This GLEP defines
260various optional and mandatory headers. Future GLEPs may propose new headers — 261various optional and mandatory headers. Future GLEPs may propose new headers —
261tools handling these news items must ignore any unrecognised header.</p> 262tools handling these news items must ignore any unrecognised header.</p>
262<div class="section" id="news-item-headers"> 263<div class="section" id="news-item-headers">
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275<dd>Must be <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text/plain</span></tt>. Mandatory.</dd> 276<dd>Must be <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text/plain</span></tt>. Mandatory.</dd>
276<dt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Posted:</span></tt></dt> 277<dt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Posted:</span></tt></dt>
277<dd>Date of posting, in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">yyyy-mm-dd</span></tt> format (e.g. 2005-12-18) for 278<dd>Date of posting, in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">yyyy-mm-dd</span></tt> format (e.g. 2005-12-18) for
278compatibility with GLEP 45 <a class="footnote-reference" href="#glep-45" id="id11" name="id11">[10]</a>. Mandatory.</dd> 279compatibility with GLEP 45 <a class="footnote-reference" href="#glep-45" id="id11" name="id11">[10]</a>. Mandatory.</dd>
279<dt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Revision:</span></tt></dt> 280<dt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Revision:</span></tt></dt>
280<dd>Initially 1. Incremented every time a non-trivial change is made. Changes 281<dd>Initially 1. Should be incremented every time a change is made to the news
281which require a re-read of the news item should instead use a new news item 282item. Changes that require a re-read of the news item (i.e., most changes
283that are not spelling or formatting related) should instead use a new news
282file. Mandatory.</dd> 284item. Mandatory.</dd>
283<dt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">News-Item-Format:</span></tt></dt> 285<dt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">News-Item-Format:</span></tt></dt>
284<dd>Must be <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">1.0</span></tt>. Future revisions to the format may increment the minor 286<dd>Must be <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">1.0</span></tt>. Future revisions to the format may increment the minor
285number for backwards-compatible changes, or the major number for major 287number for backwards-compatible changes, or the major number for major
286changes.</dd> 288changes.</dd>
287</dl> 289</dl>
288<p>The following headers are used for filtering:</p> 290<p>The following headers are used for filtering:</p>
289<dl class="docutils"> 291<dl class="docutils">
290<dt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Display-If-Installed:</span></tt></dt> 292<dt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Display-If-Installed:</span></tt></dt>
291<dd>A dependency atom or simple package name (for example, 293<dd>A dependency atom (for example, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">&lt;dev-lang/php-5_alpha</span></tt> or
292<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">&lt;dev-lang/php-5_alpha</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">net-www/apache</span></tt>). If the user has the 294<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">net-www/apache</span></tt>). If the user has the package specified installed from
293package specified installed from the repository from which the news item was 295the repository from which the news item was obtained, the news item should
294obtained, the news item should be displayed.</dd> 296be displayed.</dd>
295<dt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Display-If-Keyword:</span></tt></dt> 297<dt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Display-If-Keyword:</span></tt></dt>
296<dd>A keyword <a class="footnote-reference" href="#glep-22" id="id12" name="id12">[6]</a> name, for example <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mips</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">x86-fbsd</span></tt>. If the 298<dd>A keyword <a class="footnote-reference" href="#glep-22" id="id12" name="id12">[6]</a> name, for example <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mips</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">x86-fbsd</span></tt>. If the
297user is on the keyword in question, the news item should be displayed.</dd> 299user is on the keyword in question, the news item should be displayed.</dd>
298<dt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Display-If-Profile:</span></tt></dt> 300<dt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Display-If-Profile:</span></tt></dt>
299<dd>A profile path, for example <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">default-linux/sparc/sparc64/server</span></tt>. If the 301<dd>A profile path, for example <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">default-linux/sparc/sparc64/server</span></tt>. If the
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334terminal. Paragraphs should be separated by a blank line.</p> 336terminal. Paragraphs should be separated by a blank line.</p>
335<p>Hyperlinks may be used to refer to further information (for example, an upgrade 337<p>Hyperlinks may be used to refer to further information (for example, an upgrade
336guide). However, the main body of the news item should be descriptive and not 338guide). However, the main body of the news item should be descriptive and not
337simply a &quot;read this link&quot; text. It is assumed that the user will have access to 339simply a &quot;read this link&quot; text. It is assumed that the user will have access to
338a web browser <em>somewhere</em>, but not necessarily on the box which is being 340a web browser <em>somewhere</em>, but not necessarily on the box which is being
339administrated — this will be the case on may servers and routers, for example.</p> 341administrated — this will be the case on many servers and routers, for example.</p>
340</div> 342</div>
341<div class="section" id="example-news-item"> 343<div class="section" id="example-news-item">
342<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id31" name="example-news-item">Example News Item</a></h3> 344<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id31" name="example-news-item">Example News Item</a></h3>
343<p><a class="reference" href="glep-0042-extras/example-news-item.txt">This hypothetical news item</a> <a class="footnote-reference" href="#id18" id="id19" name="id19">[16]</a> could be used for an upgrade to the 345<p><a class="reference" href="glep-0042-extras/example-news-item.txt">This hypothetical news item</a> <a class="footnote-reference" href="#id18" id="id19" name="id19">[16]</a> could be used for an upgrade to the
344<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">YourSQL</span></tt> database format which breaks forward compatibility.</p> 346<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">YourSQL</span></tt> database format which breaks forward compatibility.</p>
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354<p>Thus, at least 72 hours before a proposed news item is committed, it must be 356<p>Thus, at least 72 hours before a proposed news item is committed, it must be
355posted to the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">gentoo-dev</span></tt> mailing list and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Cc:</span></tt>ed to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pr&#64;gentoo.org</span></tt> 357posted to the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">gentoo-dev</span></tt> mailing list and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Cc:</span></tt>ed to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pr&#64;gentoo.org</span></tt>
356(exceptions may be made in exceptional circumstances). Any complaints — for 358(exceptions may be made in exceptional circumstances). Any complaints — for
357example regarding wording, clarity or accuracy — <strong>must</strong> be addressed before 359example regarding wording, clarity or accuracy — <strong>must</strong> be addressed before
358the news item goes live.</p> 360the news item goes live.</p>
359<div class="note">
360<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
361<p class="last">A previous draft of this GLEP allowed news items to be sent to
362<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">gentoo-core</span></tt> instead of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">gentoo-dev</span></tt>. It is possible that a situation
363may arise where this will be necessary (for example, a security update which
364must break backwards compatibility and which cannot be revealed to the public
365before a given date).</p>
366</div>
367<p>News items must only be for <strong>important</strong> changes that may cause serious upgrade 361<p>News items must only be for <strong>important</strong> changes that may cause serious upgrade
368or compatibility problems. Ordinary upgrade messages and non-critical news items 362or compatibility problems. Ordinary upgrade messages and non-critical news items
369should remain in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">einfo</span></tt> notices. The importance of the message to its 363should remain in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">einfo</span></tt> notices. The importance of the message to its
370intended audience should be justified with the proposal.</p> 364intended audience should be justified with the proposal.</p>
371<div class="important"> 365<div class="important">
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394<p>This repository will contain directories named <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">yyyy/mm/</span></tt>, where <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">yyyy</span></tt> is 388<p>This repository will contain directories named <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">yyyy/mm/</span></tt>, where <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">yyyy</span></tt> is
395the current year and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mm</span></tt> is the current month number (01 for January through 389the current year and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mm</span></tt> is the current month number (01 for January through
39612 for December). This separation will help keep news items more manageable.</p> 39012 for December). This separation will help keep news items more manageable.</p>
397<p>The contents of this repository will automatically be merged with the main rsync 391<p>The contents of this repository will automatically be merged with the main rsync
398tree, placing the items in a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">metadata/news/</span></tt> directory. The method used for 392tree, placing the items in a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">metadata/news/</span></tt> directory. The method used for
399merging these items is beyond the scope of this GLEP — a similar setup is 393merging these items and the frequency at which it will occur is beyond the scope
400already used for merging GLSAs into the rsync tree.</p> 394of this GLEP; a similar setup is already used for merging GLSAs into the rsync
395tree.</p>
401<p>The main rsync tree will <strong>not</strong> use the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">yyyy/mm/</span></tt> subdirectory layout.</p> 396<p>The main rsync tree will <strong>not</strong> use the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">yyyy/mm/</span></tt> subdirectory layout. The
397news item directories will all be immediately under the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">metadata/news/</span></tt>
398directory.</p>
402</div> 399</div>
403<div class="section" id="client-side"> 400<div class="section" id="client-side">
404<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id35" name="client-side">Client Side</a></h3> 401<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id35" name="client-side">Client Side</a></h3>
405<p>Whenever relevant unread news items are found, the package manager will create a 402<p>Whenever relevant unread news items are found, the package manager will create a
406file named <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">/var/lib/gentoo/news/news-repoid.unread</span></tt> (if it does not 403file named <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">/var/lib/gentoo/news/news-${repoid}.unread</span></tt> (if it does not
407already exist) and append the news item identifier (eg 404already exist) and append the news item identifier (eg
408<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">2005-11-01-yoursql-updates</span></tt>) on a new line.</p> 405<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">2005-11-01-yoursql-updates</span></tt>) on a new line.</p>
406<p>All news item related files should be root owned and in the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">portage</span></tt> group
407with the group write (and, for directories, execute) bits set. News files should
408be world readable.</p>
409<p>Notification that new relevant news items will be displayed via the 409<p>Notification that new relevant news items will be displayed via the
410<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">emerge</span></tt> tool in a similar way to the existing &quot;configuration files need 410<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">emerge</span></tt> tool in a similar way to the existing &quot;configuration files need
411updating&quot; messages:</p> 411updating&quot; messages:</p>
412<pre class="literal-block"> 412<pre class="literal-block">
413* Important: there are 5 unread news items. 413* Important: there are 5 unread news items.
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416<p>Checks for new news messages should be displayed:</p> 416<p>Checks for new news messages should be displayed:</p>
417<ul class="simple"> 417<ul class="simple">
418<li>After an <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">emerge</span> <span class="pre">sync</span></tt></li> 418<li>After an <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">emerge</span> <span class="pre">sync</span></tt></li>
419<li>After an <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">emerge</span> <span class="pre">--pretend</span></tt></li> 419<li>After an <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">emerge</span> <span class="pre">--pretend</span></tt></li>
420<li>Before an <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">emerge</span> <span class="pre">&lt;target&gt;</span></tt> (which may also include a red warning message)</li> 420<li>Before an <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">emerge</span> <span class="pre">&lt;target&gt;</span></tt> (which may also include a red warning message)</li>
421<li>Before an <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">emerge</span> <span class="pre">--ask</span> <span class="pre">&lt;target&gt;</span></tt> sequence</li>
422</ul> 421</ul>
422<p>The package manager does not need to know how to launch the user's choice of
423news client. This is consistent with the way configuration file updates are
424handled.</p>
423<p>The package manager may use a timestamp check file to avoid having to process 425<p>The package manager may use a timestamp check file to avoid having to process
424news items unnecessarily.</p> 426news items unnecessarily.</p>
425<p>The package manager must keep track of news items that have already been added 427<p>The package manager must keep track of news items that have already been added
426to the unread list to avoid repeatedly marking a deleted news item. This could 428to the unread list to avoid repeatedly marking a deleted news item. This could
427be handled via a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">news-repoid.skip</span></tt> file containing the IDs of news items that 429be handled via a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">news-${repoid}.skip</span></tt> file containing the IDs of news items
428have already been added to a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">news-repoid.unread</span></tt> file, but this method is not 430that have already been added to a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">news-${repoid}.unread</span></tt> file, but this
429required by this GLEP.</p> 431method is not required by this GLEP.</p>
430<p>Users who really don't care about news items can use <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">rsync_excludes</span></tt> to 432<p>Users who really don't care about news items can use <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">rsync_excludes</span></tt> to
431filter out the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">metadata/news/</span></tt> directory.</p> 433filter out the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">metadata/news/</span></tt> directory.</p>
432</div> 434</div>
433</div> 435</div>
434<div class="section" id="news-item-clients"> 436<div class="section" id="news-item-clients">
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482<div class="section" id="credits"> 484<div class="section" id="credits">
483<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id44" name="credits">Credits</a></h1> 485<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id44" name="credits">Credits</a></h1>
484<p>The idea behind notifying users of news updates via Portage comes from Stuart 486<p>The idea behind notifying users of news updates via Portage comes from Stuart
485Herbert <a class="footnote-reference" href="#stuart-blog" id="id17" name="id17">[15]</a>.</p> 487Herbert <a class="footnote-reference" href="#stuart-blog" id="id17" name="id17">[15]</a>.</p>
486<p>Thanks to Lance Albertson, Stephen Bennett, Donnie Berkholz, Grant Goodyear, 488<p>Thanks to Lance Albertson, Stephen Bennett, Donnie Berkholz, Grant Goodyear,
487Brian Harring, Dan Meltzer, Jason Stubbs, Paul de Vrieze and Alec Warner for 489Brian Harring, Marius Mauch, Dan Meltzer, Jason Stubbs, Paul de Vrieze and Alec
488input. Some of the ideas presented here are theirs, others go completely 490Warner for input. Some of the ideas presented here are theirs, others go
489against their suggestions.</p> 491completely against their suggestions.</p>
490</div> 492</div>
491<div class="section" id="example-files"> 493<div class="section" id="example-files">
492<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id45" name="example-files">Example Files</a></h1> 494<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id45" name="example-files">Example Files</a></h1>
493<p>TODO Removed until the exact format details are figured out.</p> 495<p>TODO Removed until the exact format details are figured out.</p>
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