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On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 09:21 -0400, Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 07:28 -0500, Albert Hopkins wrote: |
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> > 2. Are metadata.xml files a requirement for categories? There are |
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> > a few categories that do not have one: |
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> > * x11-proto |
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> > * x11-apps |
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> > * x11-drivers |
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> They should have one. |
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Ok, then I will submit a bug report to have them added. |
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> > 3. If a metadata.xml has a <longdescription> element, is it |
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> > required to contain text? There is at least one package that |
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> > has an empty <longdescription>. I wanted to use the |
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> > <longdescription> to override the DESCRIPTION in the .ebuild, if |
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> > it exists, but in this case the DESCRIPTION is actually |
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> > infinitely longer than the <longdescription>. |
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> It should contain text, but I don't think that the dtd requires it. |
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> Perhaps it should? |
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Admittedly, I have not read the DTD (must first learn *how* to read |
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DTDs), but I think if the element exists, it should have text or else |
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it's meaningless. |
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> > 4. Speaking of <longdescription>, are line breaks to be preserved |
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> > in their representation? There are a few packages whose |
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> > <longdescription> use line breaks for formatting. One in |
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> > particular, gnustep-libs/steptalk not only prefers to preserve |
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> > line breaks, but also appears to prefer a fixed-width font in |
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> > it's representation. Is this also a requirement? |
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> As far as I know, there are few *requirements* defined for metadata.xml |
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> files. All we really have is the dtd to determine what is legal. |
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> Anything beyond that really hasn't been discussed. |
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> Perhaps now is the time to start such discussions? |
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I think so. There seem to be different formats for the |
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<longdescription> and I would hate to have to guess or make special |
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exceptions because I know I'll do it wrong (e.g. the Changelogs). Would |
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prefer if there were a more strict definition so then at least I could |
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say it's not my fault ;-) |
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> > If anyone has answers to any of the above questions I thank you in |
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> > advance for your response. |
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> Just out of curiosity, what is your project? |
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This is for the new packages.gentoo.org. |
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