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On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 12:00:43AM +0100, Stephen Bennett wrote: |
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> My current idea is to draw up a formal specification of what ebuilds |
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> are allowed to do, and what to assume about the environment in which |
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> they run, as well as defining the formats of everything under |
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> profiles/, metadata.xml files, and other auxiliary information in the |
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> tree. I would envision the first version of this document to more or |
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> less codify existing practise, perhaps excluding some dubious tricks |
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> that are known to break in some cases. Generally, it should be possible |
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> to make the tree conform to the first version of the specification by |
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> changes no more significant than currently have QA bugs filed for them. |
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+1 from my side. |
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I'd like to be involved in the Manifest side, and something I'm |
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presently working on I should hopefully post in 2-3 days will I hope |
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clarify a few items at once, mainly revolving around signing - please |
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don't comment now, wait until I post said rough proposals. |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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