From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A8388158089 for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2023 13:55:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CFBC12BC04D; Sat, 23 Sep 2023 13:55:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 96B0D2BC01B for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2023 13:55:17 +0000 (UTC) References: <5b5dfbfd-9c7d-a26b-65e7-9f8c5e48bb8f@gentoo.org> <87msxfjix6.fsf@gentoo.org> <878r8yjohn.fsf@gentoo.org> <871qeqjmup.fsf@gentoo.org> User-agent: mu4e 1.10.6; emacs 30.0.50 From: Sam James To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Standard parsable format for profiles/package.mask file Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2023 14:54:46 +0100 Organization: Gentoo In-reply-to: Message-ID: <87cyy92dvi.fsf@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Archives-Salt: 74a39c86-8eb4-405f-9a04-da44bb3d4e48 X-Archives-Hash: 24504af70f8ff924aa4bad971083e58a Ulrich Mueller 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 >> # 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 > > [[End of PGP Signed Part]]