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Santiago M. Mola wrote: |
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> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Doug Goldstein <cardoe@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Howdy all, |
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>> Further questions regarding use.desc have come up with regard to this GLEP. |
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>> My proposed solution would be a potential amendment to the GLEP to state |
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>> that |
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>> <flag name='png' /> |
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>> Would be allowed. This syntax is not actually disallowed or allowed by the |
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>> current GLEP, but mentioning it would allow a metadata.xml contain all the |
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>> USE flags that appear in IUSE, even the global ones. By using the above |
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>> syntax, it would simply state that there is no additional descriptions or |
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>> details but to just use the use.desc description. |
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>> Further more, it would allow us in the future to make that mandatory and |
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>> repoman would only have to check metadata.xml for your USE flag. |
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>> Comments, Suggestions, Input are all welcome. |
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> What is the benefit? |
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> Regards, |
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There is none really. Allow all use flags to exist in metadata.xml. It's |
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really more of a clarification to the GLEP if this is allowed. |
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