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>>>>> On Thu, 25 Feb 2010, Markos Chandras wrote: |
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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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> How are you so sure that a general "rule" can apply to a whole |
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> category? E.g. the x11-misc/ one. Which rule for non-maintainer |
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> changes are you going to apply since every single developer is |
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> maintaining a x11-misc application? Same for app-misc etc. |
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Of course it would make no sense for the x11-misc category. But we |
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have categories that mainly consist of packages belonging to one herd, |
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for example the dev-<language> categories. |
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Ulrich |
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