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> On Mon, 16 May 2005 17:27:49 -0700, John Reiser wrote:
>
>> IgnitionWorks wrote:
>> > The developers are working on high priority issues and
>> > I personally do not think this is a high priority or a
>> > show stopper.
>> >
>> > The build system script needs to check for updated
>> > packages, if any, else send 'No packages' email.
>> >
>> > For the interm, they can run cron M-F only.
>> >
>> > Either way, it's a trivial issue.
>>
>> No, the _issue_ is NOT trivial.  The current behavior directly
>> undermines the little trust that volunteer testers have
>> left in the Fedora development system.  It's broken,
>> in a MAJOR way.
>>
>> The _fix_ IS trivial.  At the end of the report, add a line:
>>
>>       <n> packages updated.
>>
>> If the list is empty and 0==n, then everyone will know
>> that the probability is at least 0.99999 that no packages
>> were updated, and that therefore an empty list is to be expected.
>> Otherwise, an empty list and no line "0 packages updated."
>> will indicate an error somewhere in the process.
>> Imagine that: truly effective communication.
>
> Empty list means no new packages found by the script.
>

Or that something went wrong, which is why this discussion is taking place.