Re: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] layman-global.txt, repositories.xml, layman, overlays.gentoo.org

[Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@googlemail.com>]

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On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:23:34 +0200
Sebastian Pipping <webmaster@hartwork.org> wrote:
> Now please ask questions and let us know what you think.

Here's an alternative idea:

* Move the repository information into the overlays themselves. Require
  overlays to provide a file containing the description, homepage,
  owner information etc.

* After a certain amount of time, switch new versions of layman to use a
  new file that's generated from these. Any overlay that doesn't
  contain such a file is clearly unmaintained and should no longer be
  supported.

* Also use this opportunity to clean up the repo_name vs layman name
  mess: any repository that gets it wrong should not be included in the
  new layman file.

Sounds like a perfect opportunity to make sure that everything in
layman's still actively maintained and developed.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh

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