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On 02/25/2010 02:41 PM, Markos Chandras wrote: |
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> On Thursday 25 February 2010 08:22:17 Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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>>>>>>> On Wed, 24 Feb 2010, Robin H Johnson wrote: |
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>>> Metadata.xml should allow use of a<changepolicies> element. Within |
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>>> the element, package maintainers should be able to describe how |
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>>> non-maintainer changes to the package are handled. |
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>> Could we allow this element in the category metadata files, too? |
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>> Its value there would be the default for the category, with the |
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>> possibility to override it for individual packages. |
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>> Ulrich |
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> How are you so sure that a general "rule" can apply to a whole category? E.g. |
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> the x11-misc/ one. Which rule for non-maintainer changes are you going to |
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> apply since every single developer is maintaining a x11-misc application? Same |
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> for app-misc etc. |
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I think it would make more sense in herds.xml. Not sure about packages |
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with more than one herd though :) maybe use the stricter one? |
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This would definitely need some tool support for simple queries, to be |
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usable. |
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