linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH v3] perf report: Show random usage tip on the help line

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jan 2016 11:55:51 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH v3] perf report: Show random usage tip on the help
 line


* Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org> wrote:

> > On top of this, what do you think about only doing a single tip per day, the 'tip 
> > of the day'? That would have two effects:
> > 
> >  - people who know all this already see this less
> > 
> >  - people who don't know all this will perhaps be more attentive, because a tip 
> >    for every report is more likely to get ignored.
> > 
> > This could be done via a flag in ~/.perf/ or so.
> 
> Not sure.  Some people wanted to see more tips more frequently.

Fair enough!

I now had some experience with the tips, and they are not intrusive.

> I think the 'tip of the day' might be good for regular users, but many people 
> just use perf when they need it and forget about it soon.  For those people it'd 
> be better to suggest useful tips more often.

Ok.

Thanks,

	Ingo