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On Qui, 2010-02-25 at 15:41 +0200, Markos Chandras wrote: |
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> On Thursday 25 February 2010 08:22:17 Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> > >>>>> On Wed, 24 Feb 2010, Robin H Johnson wrote: |
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> > > Metadata.xml should allow use of a <changepolicies> element. Within |
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> > > the element, package maintainers should be able to describe how |
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> > > non-maintainer changes to the package are handled. |
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> > |
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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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> > |
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> > Ulrich |
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> How are you so sure that a general "rule" can apply to a whole category? E.g. |
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> the x11-misc/ one. Which rule for non-maintainer changes are you going to |
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> apply since every single developer is maintaining a x11-misc application? Same |
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> for app-misc etc. |
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I'm speaking from the GPE herd which have some gpe- categories. IMHO, |
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this won't be useful to us. I also think it adds unnecessary development |
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overhead and sounds difficult to maintain in categories with lots of |
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packages. |
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