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On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Rémi Cardona <remi@g.o> wrote: |
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> Le 15/12/2009 16:19, Peter Volkov a écrit : |
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>> we will force all metadata.xml files have strict order of tags: first |
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>> <herd/> then other tags. Currently there are about 200 ebuilds with |
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>> different order http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=279206#c4 . |
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> Others and I actually make use of the order in metadata.xml. The first entry |
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> is the one that will get bugs assignment in bugzilla, and the others will |
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> get CCed. |
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> So if we're really going with herds first in metadata.xml, could we have an |
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> optional attribute - or whatever else you see fit - to convey that _this_ |
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> herd/maintainer is the "main" herd/maintainer? |
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> Thanks |
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Perhaps we should create a schema to validate the file. XMLSchema (or |
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any of the other standards) allows for much more flexibility in |
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specifying these things. Btw. I did not design the metadata DTD for |
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order to be significant. The only priority is that maintainer goes |
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before herd, that's all. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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