[gentoo-dev] Updated GLEP 46: Allow upstream tags in metadata.xml

[gentoo-dev] Updated GLEP 46: Allow upstream tags in metadata.xml

[Tiziano Müller]

Hi again

I updated GLEP46 based on the the discussion before.
You can find it at http://dev.gentoo.org/~dev-zero/glep-0046.txt

Summary of the changes:
 - Added additional "helps treecleaner" motivation
 - Added new <doc> element along with a precise specification of what is
allowed (please remember that everything can be changed with a new GLEP
when we see that parts of specification is not appropriate)
- Added "status" attribute for maintainer along with a description
- Added some documentation which elements are mandatory and how many times
they can appear
- Added a location proposal for keeping the list of allowed "type" attribute
as requested by genone in March 2006 and halcy0n in the former discussion.
- Extended the example

If nobody objects, I'll commit this and kindly ask the council to vote on
it.

Thanks.


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Re: [gentoo-dev] Updated GLEP 46: Allow upstream tags in metadata.xml

[Alec Warner]

On 1/21/08, Tiziano Müller <dev-zero@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Hi again
>
> I updated GLEP46 based on the the discussion before.
> You can find it at http://dev.gentoo.org/~dev-zero/glep-0046.txt
>
> Summary of the changes:
>  - Added additional "helps treecleaner" motivation
>  - Added new <doc> element along with a precise specification of what is
> allowed (please remember that everything can be changed with a new GLEP
> when we see that parts of specification is not appropriate)
> - Added "status" attribute for maintainer along with a description
> - Added some documentation which elements are mandatory and how many times
> they can appear
> - Added a location proposal for keeping the list of allowed "type" attribute
> as requested by genone in March 2006 and halcy0n in the former discussion.
> - Extended the example
>
> If nobody objects, I'll commit this and kindly ask the council to vote on
> it.
>

I object because I haven't edited it yet, but I will do so now.

-Love

Glep Editors

> Thanks.
>
>
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Updated GLEP 46: Allow upstream tags in metadata.xml

[Alec Warner]

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On 1/21/08, Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On 1/21/08, Tiziano Müller <dev-zero@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > Hi again
> >
> > I updated GLEP46 based on the the discussion before.
> > You can find it at http://dev.gentoo.org/~dev-zero/glep-0046.txt
> >
> > Summary of the changes:
> >  - Added additional "helps treecleaner" motivation
> >  - Added new <doc> element along with a precise specification of what is
> > allowed (please remember that everything can be changed with a new GLEP
> > when we see that parts of specification is not appropriate)
> > - Added "status" attribute for maintainer along with a description
> > - Added some documentation which elements are mandatory and how many times
> > they can appear
> > - Added a location proposal for keeping the list of allowed "type" attribute
> > as requested by genone in March 2006 and halcy0n in the former discussion.
> > - Extended the example
> >
> > If nobody objects, I'll commit this and kindly ask the council to vote on
> > it.
> >
>
> I object because I haven't edited it yet, but I will do so now.
>
> -Love
>
> Glep Editors
>

See attached Diff.

> > Thanks.
> >
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--- glep-0046.txt	2008-01-21 00:49:56.000000000 -0800
+++ glep-0046.txt.mine	2008-01-21 08:34:40.769717090 -0800
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Type: Standards Track
 Content-Type: text/x-rst
 Created: 26-Dec-2005
-Post-History: 26-Dec-2005, 5-Mar-2006, 20-Jan-2007
+Post-History: 26-Dec-2005, 5-Mar-2006, 20-Jan-2008
 
 Abstract
 ========
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 ``name`` should contain a block of text with upstream's name, is mandatory
 and can only appear once.
 
-``email`` should contain an e-mail address in the format foo@bar.bar.
+``email`` should contain an e-mail address in the format ``foo@bar.bar``.
 
 ``changelog`` should contain a URL prefixed with ``http://`` or
 ``https://`` where the location of the upstream changelog can be found.
@@ -130,8 +130,9 @@
 =======================
 
 No changes are necessary to existing ``metadata.xml`` files. Information
-in the new tags is not be mandatory. Any sane tool that currently
-handles ``metadata.xml`` files will simply ignore unrecognised elements.
+in the new tags is not be mandatory. Tools that currently read
+``metadata.xml`` files may break if written poorly; well written tools
+should just ignore the additional elements.
 
 Copyright
 =========

[gentoo-dev] Re: Updated GLEP 46: Allow upstream tags in metadata.xml

[Duncan]

"Alec Warner" <antarus@gentoo.org> posted
b41005390801210835v7e3889d1v89add3bb7ae722f3@mail.gmail.com, excerpted
below, on  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:35:49 -0800:

> See attached Diff.

One more minor change, English parsing (- be):

Backwards Compatibility
=======================

No changes are necessary to existing ``metadata.xml`` files. Information
-in the new tags is not be mandatory. Any sane tool that currently
+in the new tags is not mandatory. Any sane tool that currently
handles ``metadata.xml`` files will simply ignore unrecognised elements.

Copyright
=========




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Re: [gentoo-dev] Updated GLEP 46: Allow upstream tags in metadata.xml

[Ciaran McCreesh]

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On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:07:00 +0100
Tiziano Müller <dev-zero@gentoo.org> wrote:
> I updated GLEP46 based on the the discussion before.
> You can find it at http://dev.gentoo.org/~dev-zero/glep-0046.txt

Freshmeat IDs are a string, not a number.

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[gentoo-dev] Re: Updated GLEP 46: Allow upstream tags in metadata.xml

[Tiziano Müller]

Ciaran McCreesh wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:07:00 +0100
> Tiziano Müller <dev-zero@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> I updated GLEP46 based on the the discussion before.
>> You can find it at http://dev.gentoo.org/~dev-zero/glep-0046.txt
> 
> Freshmeat IDs are a string, not a number.
> 
Ok, thanks.

New version committed.


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