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From: Kent Fredric <kentnl@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Addition of a new field <remote-id type="debian"> to metadata.xml
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2017 15:23:01
Message-Id: 20170603032221.35fd3fe4@katipo2.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Addition of a new field to metadata.xml by "Michał Górny"
1 On Fri, 02 Jun 2017 16:51:25 +0200
2 Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > ...so if a Gentoo package is split into 40 packages in Debian, are you
5 > going to list all of them?
6
7 If it would be useful to do so, maybe.
8
9 But its a text file, people are capable of making judgements about
10 adding 3.2k of text, I hope. ( worst-case, 40 lines of 80 characters each )
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12 If the text at that size has a use, then, why not?
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14 As long as that 40-package example is an exceptional case, where it was deemed
15 useful, not the norm.

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