From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thorsten Wilms Subject: Re: 2 ideas Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2018 13:26:17 +0200 Message-ID: <04ad5f85-fa47-b89c-4ae5-a15c05a5059f@freenet.de> References: <20180518184910.9987-21-ambrevar@gmail.com> <20180601075112.28494-1-ambrevar@gmail.com> <87vaatjptt.fsf@gnu.org> <8C242137-C737-4814-9367-6C90F5E96CD2@riseup.net> <20180609111751.rvm54ouwwr4wz7lo@abyayala> <87bmcjnm6t.fsf@gmail.com> <87wov7nezw.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: t_w_@freenet.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41932) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fRyWQ-0001TR-Iz for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jun 2018 07:28:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fRyWN-0003zz-Eh for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jun 2018 07:28:34 -0400 Received: from mout1.freenet.de ([2001:748:100:40::2:3]:46148) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fRyWN-0003z7-7o for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jun 2018 07:28:31 -0400 Received: from [195.4.92.141] (helo=mjail1.freenet.de) by mout1.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID t_w_@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.90_1 #2) id 1fRyWI-0001pP-UW for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jun 2018 13:28:26 +0200 Received: from [::1] (port=35390 helo=mjail1.freenet.de) by mjail1.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID t_w_@freenet.de) (Exim 4.90_1 #2) id 1fRyWI-0007FP-QU for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jun 2018 13:28:26 +0200 Received: from mx0.freenet.de ([195.4.92.10]:51874) by mjail1.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID t_w_@freenet.de) (Exim 4.90_1 #2) id 1fRyUE-0004CZ-Sm for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jun 2018 13:26:18 +0200 Received: from p200300e4f3c50c0002e029fffe32e625.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([2003:e4:f3c5:c00:2e0:29ff:fe32:e625]:46220) by mx0.freenet.de with esmtpsa (ID t_w_@freenet.de) (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:256) (port 465) (Exim 4.90_1 #2) id 1fRyUE-0002u4-Os for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jun 2018 13:26:18 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87wov7nezw.fsf@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-GB List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org On 10.06.2018 11:54, Pierre Neidhardt wrote: > Then intention of the Arch post-install script is good (that is, > informing the user) but I find the implementation brittle: if the > messages are too many or too long, it can be very easy to miss a > message. > > Furthermore, the script cannot be triggered out-of-install, which means > that once the shell session is gone, the information is gone. (It's > still in the log but it's not so convenient to read and you must know > what you are looking for in advance.) What if each package with such a message would install it as a text-file in a specific directory? With a separate mechanism to bring each new message file to the user's attention, plus a means of stepping through all of them. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/