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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Use GLEP27!
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 15:09:01
Message-Id: 20151215150851.GV11489@vapier.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Use GLEP27! by "Michał Górny"
1 On 15 Dec 2015 15:33, Michał Górny wrote:
2 > On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:19:36 -0500 Mike Frysinger wrote:
3 > > On 15 Dec 2015 07:28, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
4 > > > >>>>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2015, Mike Frysinger wrote:
5 > > >
6 > > > > On 14 Dec 2015 21:22, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
7 > > > >> The spec seems incomplete. I cannot find a description of the user and
8 > > > >> group files' format. (But in fact, there is a standard format which
9 > > > >> suggests itself, namely that of the passwd(5) and group(5) files.)
10 > > >
11 > > > > i recall going with xml at the time, but i can't find reference to it.
12 > > >
13 > > > So the package manager would have to parse XML? We have tried to avoid
14 > > > that, so far.
15 > >
16 > > not entirely accurate considering we have metadata.xml
17 >
18 > Not entirely accurate considering the contents of metadata.xml are not
19 > necessary to build and install packages.
20
21 read the context. your statement is fairly obvious.
22 -mike

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Use GLEP27! "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@g.o>