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I request that this tag be made optional in the metadata.xml DTD. |
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While ideally it is beneficial to have every package in a herd, in |
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practice this doesn't occur. |
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22:28 <@omp> $ herdstat -pq no-herd | wc -l |
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22:28 <@omp> 1819 |
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22:28 <@omp> looks like a lot of fixing is needed :) |
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nearly 1/5 of our tree is herdless. |
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Is a "real herd" a real requirement of a package? I would say |
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realistically no. Thus the herd tag should be optional but highly |
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encouraged. |
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Why do I care? |
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Because people don't always put "no-herd", they can misspell it, they |
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put non-standard stuff in the herd tag, they put bug-wranglers in the |
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herd tag...etc... |
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It's difficult to search for packages without a herd when 'no-herd' is |
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really N different strings. |
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If your package is not in a herd, just leave the tag out. We can adjust |
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the searching tools to list packages with no herd tag. |
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-Alec Warner |
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antarus@g.o |
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