From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@gentoo.org>
To: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>
Cc: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, Davide Pesavento <pesa@gentoo.org>,
"Justin \<jlec\>" <jlec@gentoo.org>,
qa@gentoo.org, cardoe@gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] XML Schema files for metadata.xml, projects.xml and repositories.xml, for review and testing
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 20:35:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160306203558.3d2c0ac5.mgorny@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <22236.34017.614512.823764@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de>
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On Sun, 6 Mar 2016 20:28:33 +0100
Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >>>>> On Sun, 6 Mar 2016, Michał Górny wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 6 Mar 2016 19:26:15 +0100
> > Davide Pesavento <pesa@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> >> So I guess we could use the following form when SLOTs are needed:
> >> <pkg>media-libs/gstreamer</pkg>:1.0
> >> ?
>
> > Prolly.
>
> > Just to be clear, I have no clue what the original use of <pkg/>
> > was and what the final outcome of this will be. This thread was
> > established mostly in order to determine that. I'd wait for ulm to
> > turn up and have some suggestions ;-).
>
> :)
>
> No idea what the original purpose was, but <pkg> and <cat> are
> specified in GLEP 56 [1]:
>
> - Each <flag> XML tag allows 0 or more nested <pkg> XML tags whose
> character data is a valid CP or CPV as defined by the Gentoo
> Development Manual - Ebuild File Format [2].
>
> - Each <flag> XML tag allows 0 or more nested <cat> XML tags whose
> character data is a valid category.
>
> So looks like a version is allowed, but not a slot.
>
> CCing Cardoe. What was the original intention behind <pkg> and <cat>?
I would suggest we avoid using the 'CPV' syntax, and either allow only
qualified package names or any package dependency specifications.
--
Best regards,
Michał Górny
<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/>
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-06 11:01 [gentoo-dev] XML Schema files for metadata.xml, projects.xml and repositories.xml, for review and testing Michał Górny
2016-03-06 11:04 ` Michał Górny
2016-03-06 11:27 ` Sergei Trofimovich
2016-03-06 12:24 ` Davide Pesavento
2016-03-06 18:12 ` Justin <jlec>
2016-03-06 18:18 ` Michał Górny
2016-03-06 18:26 ` Davide Pesavento
2016-03-06 18:31 ` Michał Górny
2016-03-06 19:28 ` Ulrich Mueller
2016-03-06 19:35 ` Michał Górny [this message]
2016-03-06 20:22 ` Justin <jlec>
2016-03-06 20:49 ` Michał Górny
2016-03-06 21:34 ` Justin <jlec>
2016-03-06 18:31 ` Justin <jlec>
2016-03-06 18:25 ` Kent Fredric
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2016-03-06 9:43 Michał Górny
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