Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Standard parsable format for profiles/package.mask file

[Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>]

Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org> writes:

> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
>>>>>> On Fri, 22 Sep 2023, Alex Boag-Munroe wrote:
>
>> Perhaps eventually it could/should be used for the whole file but as
>> an interim/beginning there's no reason you couldn't start with
>> comments:
>
>> # [PREAMBLE]
>> # Timestamp: 2023-09-21 15:07:42+00:00
>> # Author: Arthur Zamarin <arthurzam@gentoo.org>
>> # Justification: Very broken, no idea why packaged, need to drop ASAP.
>> #     The project is done with supporting this package.
>> # Bugs: 667687, 667689
>> # Packages: dev-lang/python
>> dev-lang/python
>
> And I thought my suggestion to use XML was far-fetched and an obvious
> joke. :(

This is rather disrespectful to someone (who is a new contributor as
well) making a suggestion in earnest. You could've dropped this sentence
and the rest of your critique would stand.

Please consider phrasing in future.

>
> This seems rather restrictive, adds unnecessary redundancy, and would
> make it hard to type an entry without the aid of special tools.
>
> Also, there are other files like use.mask which probably shouldn't have
> a completely different format. Their entries often have the author/date
> line plus a one line comment which says all that is needed. Adding
> massive header blocks there would be excessive.
>
> IMHO Arthur's original proposal was fine. Let's not over-complicate
> things.
>
> Ulrich
>
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