Re: [gentoo-dev] The meaning of attributes in repositories.xml?

["Ulrich Müller" <ulm@gentoo.org>]

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>>>>> On Fri, 28 Mar 2025, Michał Górny wrote:

>> One idea could be to merge these into a single status attribute, and
>> maybe salvage the "core" value. That is:
>> 
>> - core: Only the Gentoo repository (for the time being)
>> - official: Repositories maintained by a project or a developer
>>   (maybe opt-in or opt-out, i.e. allow devs to have unofficial
>>   repositories?)
>> - unofficial: everything else

> WFM.  Not sure we can remove the "quality" attribute without breaking
> stuff, but we can at least clean "status" a bit.

Yeah, that may be an obstacle. If we must keep the quality attribute,
then how about using quality="core" for the Gentoo repo, and
quality="experimental" for everything else? Very few repos use the
values "stable" or "testing", and we don't seem to have any criteria
for them.

Also arguably, a repository with quality="graveyard" shouldn't be in
repositories.xml at all.

> Perhaps as a first step, downgrade all user repositories to
> "unofficial". Then ask the owners of the remaining ones if they want
> them to stay official.

+1

Ulrich

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