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From: Mike Doty <kingtaco@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] missing <herd> tag in metadata.xml
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 08:45:53 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <46433E31.4070107@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200705101738.42962.bangert@gentoo.org>

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Thilo Bangert wrote:
> The metadata cleanup continues...	
> 
> A list of 427 packages found at 
> 
>       http://dev.gentoo.org/~bangert/herd-metadata-check.log
> 
> do not have the required <herd> tag in their metadata.xml[1].
> 
> Is it reasonable to simply add the <herd>no-herd</herd> or should perhaps 
> the policy be relaxed, such that a missing <herd> tag is equivalent with 
> <herd>no-herd</herd>?
> 
> kind regards
> Thilo
> 
> [1] Gentoo Development Guide - Package and Category metadata.xml 
> http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/misc-files/metadata/index.html
iirc there was a flamewar about this a while ago.  you should look at
the archives to see what people decided.

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  reply	other threads:[~2007-05-10 15:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-10 15:38 [gentoo-dev] [RFC] missing <herd> tag in metadata.xml Thilo Bangert
2007-05-10 15:45 ` Mike Doty [this message]
2007-05-10 17:38   ` Thilo Bangert
2007-05-10 20:11     ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2007-05-11  1:05   ` Thilo Bangert
2007-05-11 20:57     ` [gentoo-dev] " Ryan Hill
2007-05-12 14:26 ` [gentoo-dev] " Thilo Bangert

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