[Mageia-dev] RFC: task-obsolete and README.*.urpmi enhancement

Wed Jan 4 20:32:08 CET 2012

On 04.01.2012 18:20, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
+> Here are a few proposal of mines to make the situation better:
+> - use a unique file name, enforced by convention, rather than references
+> in package description, the same way Debian does with README.debian
+> - display its content only in graphical context: command-line users
+> usually know about this kind of convention to get information themselves
+> - use standardised file content and markup to allow rpmdrake and other
+> graphical tools to achieve the same kind of selection than file
+> splitting today
+> - define some kind of policy of what should be there, and what should
+> not, to achieve minimal consistency
+
++1
+
+except for the 2nd point; I do want any important information to be
+shown automatically. For example, I don't check the documentation of
+each and every package on each and every update for upgrade information.
+
+I also agree Johnny, all the information should be shown in the end of
+the urpmi run, not in the middle of installing packages where one may
+not notice them.
+
+-- 
+Anssi Hannula
+