Re: [gentoo-project] Call for Agenda Items -- Council Meeting 2015-10-11

[Alex Legler <a3li@gentoo.org>]

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On 10/3/15 at 12:49 PM, Michał Górny wote:
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>>> Are you going to fix package managers, gentoolkit, gentoopm, 
>>> packages.gentoo.org (in both versions), willikins, Funtoo 
>>> scripts...? Or is this going to be another smart move which
>>> forces others to do extra work just because someone didn't like
>>> the name?
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>> Is there anything in this list that requires more than a trivial
>> fix?
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> Well, looking at where this is heading, yes. Most likely most of them
> will be required to implement some kind of MediaWiki RPC...

Could you stop constantly spreading your FUD already? Your
hyperbole-laden, neverending rants on our lists are getting really old
by now.

On the topic: I have multiple times said that when people know what data
they need out of anything listed in the Wiki, they will get it in a
format that suits them.

Right now, we already have an open, non-proprietary, XML-based RDF graph
that you can query for any machine-readable information. I understand
that not every consumer of our data wants to parse this, so I'll say
this again just for you: If you provide me with a use case and at least
a sketch of the required data structure, you can get near-instantly
updated data in pretty much any serialization format you need.

Until you know what you really want, though, I'll leave you to painting
the bikeshed.

Much love,
  Alex

PS: I'll gladly fix packages.gentoo.org (in the one version that will stay)


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