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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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Santiago M. Mola |
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