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A major rewrite of the section. Here is a brief summary of changes: |
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- Remove the information about the <herd> tag per GLEP 67 |
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- Restructure the section in the following order: |
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- metadata.xml syntax |
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- package metadata |
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- metadata examples |
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- maintainer-needed |
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- category metadata |
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- Update the tables for metadata.xml syntax per GLEP 67 |
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- Rewrite the package metadata examples to reflect better on GLEP 67 |
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and enhance with more explanations |
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- Assign meaningful titles to package metadata examples instead of |
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using "First Example", "Second Example" etc. |
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- Add a subsection for handling maintainer-needed in metadata.xml |
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per GLEP 67 and provide an example |
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|
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This commit also makes #545272 obsolete. |
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|
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Gentoo-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=572144 |
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Gentoo-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=545272 |
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Signed-off-by: Göktürk Yüksek <gokturk@××××××××××.edu> |
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--- |
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ebuild-writing/misc-files/metadata/text.xml | 419 ++++++++++++++++------------ |
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1 file changed, 239 insertions(+), 180 deletions(-) |
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diff --git a/ebuild-writing/misc-files/metadata/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/misc-files/metadata/text.xml |
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index 2324f53..1d26ede 100644 |
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--- a/ebuild-writing/misc-files/metadata/text.xml |
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+++ b/ebuild-writing/misc-files/metadata/text.xml |
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@@ -10,16 +10,7 @@ package or category. |
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</p> |
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|
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<section> |
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-<title>Package Metadata</title> |
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-<body> |
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-<p> |
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-For packages, <c>metadata.xml</c> can specify a long description and |
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-maintainer information. If a long description in any language is |
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-provided, an English long description must be present. A typical |
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-example might look like: |
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-</p> |
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- |
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-<subsection> |
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+<title>Syntax</title> |
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<body> |
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|
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<p> |
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@@ -39,13 +30,10 @@ A <path>metadata.xml</path> file can contain a number of tags: |
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This is the root element of the <path>metadata.xml</path> file for |
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packages. It has no attributes. The following subtags are |
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allowed: |
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- <brite><herd></brite>, |
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<brite><maintainer></brite>, |
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<brite><longdescription></brite>, |
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<brite><use></brite>, and |
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<brite><upstream></brite>. |
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- There should be at least one <brite><herd></brite> or |
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- <brite><maintainer></brite> subtag. |
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</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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@@ -62,26 +50,17 @@ A <path>metadata.xml</path> file can contain a number of tags: |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti> |
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- <brite><herd></brite> |
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- </ti> |
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- <ti> |
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- If a package is maintained by one or more herds, names of these herds |
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- can be specified with the <brite><herd></brite> tag. The names |
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- used in this tag must be the same as specified in the <uri |
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- link="https://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/metastructure/herds/herds.xml?content-type=text/plain&rev=HEAD">herds.xml</uri> |
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- file. |
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- </ti> |
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-</tr> |
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-<tr> |
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- <ti> |
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<brite><maintainer></brite> |
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</ti> |
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<ti> |
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- Besides being part of a herd, a package can also be maintained directly. |
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- The maintainers of a package can be specified with the |
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- <brite><maintainer></brite> tag. This tag has one required subtag: |
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+ This tag specifies the persons and/or projects responsible for |
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+ the maintenance of a package. A package may contain zero or more |
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+ <brite><maintainer></brite> tags. The <c>type</c> attribute must |
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+ be specified and can be either <c>"person"</c> or |
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+ <c>"project"</c>. There is one required subtag: |
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<brite><email></brite>. It has two optional subtags: |
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- <brite><name></brite>, and <brite><description></brite>. |
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+ <brite><name></brite> and |
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+ <brite><description></brite>. |
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</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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@@ -207,8 +186,7 @@ A <path>metadata.xml</path> file can contain a number of tags: |
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</table> |
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|
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<p> |
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-There are also some attributes that can be used with these tags. They are all |
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-optional: |
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+There are also some attributes that can be used with these tags: |
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</p> |
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|
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<table> |
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@@ -235,7 +213,7 @@ optional: |
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<tr> |
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<ti>restrict</ti> |
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<ti> |
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- <brite><herd></brite>, <brite><maintainer></brite>, |
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+ <brite><maintainer></brite>, |
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<brite><longdescription></brite>, <brite><flag></brite> |
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</ti> |
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<ti> |
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@@ -244,12 +222,7 @@ optional: |
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without this attribute must also exist. That tag without the restrict |
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attribute will serve as the default. The format of the restrict attribute |
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is that of the DEPEND flag, except that "<" and |
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- ">" need to be specified by &lt; and &gt;.<br /> |
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- <br /> |
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- For example, in the <c>sys-libs/db</c> package, |
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- <c>restrict="&gt;=sys-libs/db-3.2.9-r5"</c> on the |
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- <brite>maintainer</brite> tag shows that I'm currently maintaining all |
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- versions greater then 3.2.9-r5. |
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+ ">" need to be specified by "&lt;" and "&gt;". |
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</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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@@ -282,212 +255,298 @@ optional: |
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<brite><remote-id></brite> |
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</ti> |
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<ti> |
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- A string identifying the type of upstream source. A list of valid strings are kept in metadata.dtd. |
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+ A string identifying the type of upstream source. A list of valid strings are kept in |
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+ <uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">metadata.dtd</uri>. |
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Developers should email the gentoo-dev mailing list before using a new type value. |
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</ti> |
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</tr> |
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+<tr> |
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+ <ti>type</ti> |
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+ <ti> |
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+ <brite><maintainer></brite> |
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+ </ti> |
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+ <ti> |
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+ Defines the type of the maintainer for a package. There are only |
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+ two valid values: <c>"person"</c> and <c>"project"</c>. The latter |
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+ denotes an official |
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+ <uri link="::general-concepts/herds-and-projects"> |
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+ Gentoo project</uri>. |
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+ </ti> |
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+</tr> |
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|
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</table> |
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|
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</body> |
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-</subsection> |
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- |
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-</body> |
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</section> |
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- |
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<section> |
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-<title>Metadata Examples</title> |
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-<subsection> |
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-<title>First Example</title> |
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+<title>Package Metadata</title> |
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<body> |
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- |
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<p> |
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-In this first example we provide you with the <path>metadata.xml</path> for |
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-OpenOffice of which the ebuilds are completely managed by a herd called |
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-<c>openoffice</c>: |
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+All packages <b>must</b> include a <c>metadata.xml</c> file which |
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+provides information about package description, maintainers, local USE |
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+flags, upstream etc. |
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</p> |
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|
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-<codesample lang="sgml"> |
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-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> |
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-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> |
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-<pkgmetadata> |
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- <herd>openoffice</herd> |
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- <longdescription> |
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- OpenOffice is the opensource version of staroffice. |
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- This ebuild allows you to compile it yourself. Unfortunately this |
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- compilation can take up to a day depending on the speed of your |
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- computer. It will however make a snappier openoffice than the binary |
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- version. |
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- </longdescription> |
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-</pkgmetadata> |
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-</codesample> |
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+<p> |
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+For developers' convenience, a skeleton file is provided in the |
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+Gentoo tree with the name |
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+<uri link="https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/skel.metadata.xml"> |
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+skel.metadata.xml</uri>. The metadata file can also be created |
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+using the <c>app-portage/metagen</c> tool. |
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+</p> |
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|
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<p> |
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-The <c>openoffice</c> herd is defined in <path>herds.xml</path> by the |
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-<uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/metastructure">Gentoo Metastructure Project</uri>: |
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+Commits of package metadata files are handled by <c>repoman</c>. In |
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+order for metadata checks to be performed, <c>dev-libs/libxml2</c> |
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+must be installed on the system. |
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</p> |
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|
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-<note> |
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-This example may be outdated when you read it. It's just an example! |
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-</note> |
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+<p> |
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+Unless specified otherwise, the maintainer who is listed in the |
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+metadata first shall be the assignee for the bugs for that package as |
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+per <uri link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GLEP:67#Bug_assignment"> |
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+GLEP 67</uri>. |
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+</p> |
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|
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-<codesample lang="sgml"> |
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-<herd> |
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- <name>openoffice</name> |
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- <email>openoffice@g.o</email> |
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- <description>Openoffice related packages</description> |
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- <maintainer><email>pauldv@g.o</email></maintainer> |
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- <maintainer><email>suka@g.o</email></maintainer> |
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-</herd> |
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-</codesample> |
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+<subsection> |
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+<title>Package Metadata Examples</title> |
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+<body> |
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|
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<p> |
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-If you want to add (or remove) yourself from a herd, edit <path>herds.xml</path> |
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-located in <path>[gentoo]/xml/htdocs/proj/en/metastructure/herds</path> in Gentoo's CVS repository. Make sure you |
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-know the e-mail alias the herd listens to (for instance the "sound" herd has |
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-<mail link="sound@g.o">sound@g.o</mail>) and add yourself to the |
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-alias (by editing <path>/var/mail/alias/misc/<alias name></path> on |
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-dev.gentoo.org). |
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+In the following sections, various examples of metadata.xml are |
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+provided. These examples are based on actual package metadata files to |
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+keep things as realistic as possible. However, they may not include |
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+these files verbatim and should be taken as hypothetical examples. |
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</p> |
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|
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-</body> |
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-</subsection> |
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-<subsection> |
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-<title>Second Example</title> |
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+<subsubsection> |
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+<title>Projects as Maintainers</title> |
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<body> |
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|
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<p> |
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-For the second example, we will examine the <path>metadata.xml</path> of |
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-<c>app-portage/mirrorselect</c>. This ebuild is maintained by the |
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-<c>tools-portage</c> herd, but has a separate maintainer. |
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+For the first example, a package maintained by a single project is |
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+presented. It is a simplified version of <path>metadata.xml</path> for |
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+the package <path>app-office/libreoffice</path>. The package |
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+maintainer is identified by the email address <c>office@g.o</c> |
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+with the name <c>Gentoo Office Project</c> as specified in the |
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+optional <name> subtag. It also provides a long package |
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+description. |
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</p> |
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|
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<codesample lang="sgml"> |
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-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> |
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-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> |
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> |
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<pkgmetadata> |
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- <herd>tools-portage</herd> |
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- <maintainer> |
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- <email>johnm@g.o</email> |
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- <name>John Mylchreest</name> |
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+ <maintainer type="project"> |
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+ <email>office@g.o</email> |
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+ <name>Gentoo Office Project</name> |
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</maintainer> |
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<longdescription> |
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- This utility is used to select the fastest mirror (distfiles) and provide a |
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- nicer front-end for mirror selection (both rsync + distfiles) to a user. |
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+ LibreOffice is the successor of OpenOffice.org. This ebuild |
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+ allows you to compile it yourself. Unfortunately this compilation can |
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+ take up to a day depending on the speed of your computer. It will |
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+ however make a snappier LibreOffice than the binary version. |
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</longdescription> |
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</pkgmetadata> |
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</codesample> |
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|
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-</body> |
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-</subsection> |
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-<subsection> |
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-<title>Third Example</title> |
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-<body> |
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- |
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<p> |
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-For the third example, we will describe the <path>metadata.xml</path> of |
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-<c>sys-apps/hal</c>. This ebuild is maintained by the <c>gentopia</c> herd |
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-and contains USE flag descriptions. |
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+The email address <c>office@g.o</c> corresponds to the |
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+<c>Gentoo Office Project</c> as defined in |
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+<uri link="https://api.gentoo.org/metastructure/projects.xml"> |
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+projects.xml</uri>. This file lists all the projects in Gentoo and it |
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+is generated from the |
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+<uri link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Gentoo"> |
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+projects listing</uri> available on the Gentoo Wiki: |
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</p> |
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|
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<codesample lang="sgml"> |
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"> |
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-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> |
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-<pkgmetadata> |
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-<herd>gentopia</herd> |
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-<maintainer> |
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- <email>compnerd@g.o</email> |
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-</maintainer> |
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-<maintainer> |
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- <email>steev@g.o</email> |
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-</maintainer> |
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-<use> |
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- <flag name='acpi'>Enables HAL to attempt to read from |
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- /proc/acpi/event, if unavailable, HAL will read events from |
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- <pkg>sys-power/acpid</pkg>. If you need multiple acpi |
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- readers, ensure acpid is in your default runlevel along with HAL. This |
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- will also enable HAL to read Toshia and IBM acpi events which do not |
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- get sent via /proc/acpi/event</flag> |
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- <flag name='crypt'>Allows HAL to mount volumes that are encrypted using |
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- LUKS. <pkg>sys-fs/cryptsetup-luks</pkg> which has recently been renamed |
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- to <pkg>sys-fs/cryptsetup</pkg> allows you to create such encrypted |
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- volumes. HAL will be able to handle volumes that are removable or |
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- fixed.</flag> |
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- <flag name='dell'>Builds an installs the Dell addon, which reads data from |
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- the Dell SM BIOS via <pkg>sys-libs/libsmbios</pkg>. It will read your |
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- service tag information and your hardware backlight data as well as |
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- allow you to modify the backlight settings on a Dell laptop.</flag> |
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- <flag name='disk-partition'>Allows HAL to use libparted from |
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- <pkg>sys-apps/parted</pkg> to read raw partition data from your disks |
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- and process that data. Future versions of HAL (possibly 0.5.11 and |
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- higher) will allow you to create, modify, delete and format partitions |
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- from a GUI interface agnostic of your desktop environment.</flag> |
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- <flag name='doc'>Generates documentation that describes HAL's fdi |
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- format.</flag> |
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- <flag name='pcmcia'>Allows HAL to process PCMCIA/CardBus slot data which |
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- includes inserts and removals and act on these events.</flag> |
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- <flag name='selinux'>Installs SELinux policies and links HAL to the SELinux |
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- libraries.</flag> |
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-</use> |
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-</pkgmetadata> |
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+<project> |
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+ <email>office@g.o</email> |
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+ <name>Gentoo Office Project</name> |
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+ <url>https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Office</url> |
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+ <description> |
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+ The Office project manages the office implementations |
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+ and related packages in Gentoo. |
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+ </description> |
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+ <member> |
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+ <email>dilfridge@g.o</email> |
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+ <name>Andreas K. Hüttel</name> |
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+ <role>member</role> |
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+ </member> |
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+ <member> |
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+ <email>scarabeus@g.o</email> |
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+ <name>Tomáš Chvátal</name> |
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+ <role>member</role> |
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+ </member> |
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+</project> |
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</codesample> |
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|
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</body> |
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-</subsection> |
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-<subsection> |
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-<title>Fourth Example</title> |
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+</subsubsection> |
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+<subsubsection> |
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+<title>Local USE Flag Descriptions</title> |
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<body> |
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|
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<p> |
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-This example demonstrates the usage of the upstream element: |
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+The second example is formed after the <path>metadata.xml</path> of |
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+<path>sys-apps/portage</path>. It lists multiple maintainers where one |
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+is a developer and the other is a project. It illustrates how local |
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+USE flag descriptions are specified and also contains an upstream |
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+element. It is also worth pointing out the use of <c>mailto:</c> |
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+prefix in <bugs-to> tag due to the presence of an email address |
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+as opposed to a URL. Conversely, email addresses specified in the |
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+<email> tags require no such prefix. |
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</p> |
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|
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<codesample lang="sgml"> |
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-<upstream> |
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- <maintainer status="inactive"> |
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- <email>foo@×××.bar</email> |
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- <name>Foo Bar</name> |
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- </maintainer> |
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- <maintainer status="active"> |
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- <email>foo@g.o</email> |
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- <name>Foo Gentoo</name> |
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- </maintainer> |
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- <changelog>http://foo.bar/changelog.txt</changelog> |
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- <doc lang="en">http://foo.bar/doc/index.html</doc> |
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- <doc lang="de">http://foo.bar/doc/index.de.html</doc> |
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- <bugs-to>https://bugs.foo.bar</bugs-to> |
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- <remote-id type="freshmeat">foobar</remote-id> |
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- <remote-id type="sourceforge">foobar</remote-id> |
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-</upstream> |
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> |
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+<pkgmetadata> |
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+ <upstream> |
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+ <bugs-to>mailto:dev-portage@g.o</bugs-to> |
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+ <changelog>https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/plain/RELEASE-NOTES</changelog> |
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+ <doc>https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Working/Portage</doc> |
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+ </upstream> |
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+ <maintainer type="person"> |
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+ <email>larry@g.o</email> |
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+ <name>Larry the Cow</name> |
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+ </maintainer> |
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+ <maintainer type="project"> |
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+ <email>dev-portage@g.o</email> |
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+ </maintainer> |
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+ <use> |
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+ <flag name="epydoc">Build html API documentation with epydoc.</flag> |
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+ <flag name="ipc">Use inter-process communication between portage and running ebuilds.</flag> |
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+ <flag name="pypy2_0">Use pypy-c2.0 as Python interpreter.</flag> |
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+ <flag name="python2">Use python2 as Python interpreter.</flag> |
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+ <flag name="python3">Use python3 as Python interpreter.</flag> |
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+ <flag name="xattr"> |
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+ Preserve extended attributes (filesystem-stored metadata) when |
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+ installing files. Usually only required for hardened systems. |
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+ </flag> |
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+ </use> |
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+</pkgmetadata> |
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</codesample> |
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|
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</body> |
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-</subsection> |
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- |
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+</subsubsection> |
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+<subsubsection> |
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+<title>Split Maintainership</title> |
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+<body> |
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|
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<p> |
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-All new packages <b>must</b> include a <c>metadata.xml</c> file. That file |
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-should specify at least one herd or one maintainer. It is however recommended, |
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-if at all possible, to find a herd willing to be listed. |
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+This example splits the maintainership based on package versions using |
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+the attribute <c>restrict</c>. According to the |
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+<path>metadata.xml</path> of <path>sys-boot/grub</path>, the ebuilds |
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+for version 2 and above are maintained by floppym@g.o whereas |
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+earlier versions are maintained by the Gentoo Base System |
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+project. Note the use of "&gt;" as opposed to ">" in |
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+<c>restrict</c>. |
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</p> |
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|
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<p> |
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-If a package has no maintainer, <c>maintainer-needed@g.o</c> |
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-should be listed as the maintainer. |
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+The example also uses the <c><pkg></c> tag in USE flag |
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+descriptions. Slot operators are not allowed inside <pkg>, |
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+therefore the notation <pkg>sys-boot/grub</pkg><c>:2</c> |
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+is adopted as opposed to |
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+<pkg>sys-boot/grub<c>:2</c></pkg>. |
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</p> |
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|
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<p> |
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-To easily create <c>metadata.xml </c>files, you can use |
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-<c>app-portage/metagen</c>. There is also a skeleton file, see |
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-<c>/usr/portage/skel.metadata.xml</c>. |
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+Lastly, the <c><remote-id></c> tag in the upstream description |
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+is demonstrated. |
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</p> |
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|
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+<codesample lang="sgml"> |
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> |
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+<pkgmetadata> |
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+ <maintainer restrict="&gt;=sys-boot/grub-2" type="person"> |
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+ <email>floppym@g.o</email> |
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+ </maintainer> |
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+ <maintainer type="project"> |
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+ <email>base-system@g.o</email> |
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+ <name>Gentoo Base System</name> |
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+ </maintainer> |
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+ <use> |
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+ <flag name="device-mapper"> |
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+ Enable support for device-mapper from <pkg>sys-fs/lvm2</pkg> |
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+ </flag> |
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+ <flag name="efiemu"> |
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+ Build and install the efiemu runtimes |
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+ </flag> |
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+ <flag name="fonts">Build and install fonts for the gfxterm module</flag> |
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+ <flag name="mount"> |
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+ Build and install the grub-mount utility |
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+ </flag> |
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+ <flag name="libzfs"> |
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+ Enable support for <pkg>sys-fs/zfs</pkg> |
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+ </flag> |
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+ <flag name="multislot"> |
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+ Allow concurrent installation of <pkg>sys-boot/grub</pkg>:0 and |
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+ <pkg>sys-boot/grub</pkg>:2 by renaming all programs. |
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+ </flag> |
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+ <flag name="themes">Build and install GRUB themes (starfield)</flag> |
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+ <flag name="truetype"> |
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+ Build and install grub-mkfont conversion utility |
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+ </flag> |
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+ </use> |
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+ <upstream> |
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+ <remote-id type="sourceforge">dejavu</remote-id> |
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+ </upstream> |
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+</pkgmetadata> |
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+</codesample> |
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+ |
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+</body> |
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+</subsubsection> |
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+</body> |
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+</subsection> |
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+<subsection> |
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+<title>Maintainer-Needed</title> |
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+<body> |
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+ |
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<p> |
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-Commits of package metadata files are handled by <c>repoman</c>. You |
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-should ensure that you have <c>dev-libs/libxml2</c> installed so that |
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-the XML can be validated. |
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+Maintainer-needed, or orphaned, packages have no maintainers |
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+responsible for them. Per |
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+<uri link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GLEP:67#Case_of_maintainer-needed_packages"> |
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+GLEP 67</uri>, these packages must not contain any <maintainer> |
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+subtags under <pkgmetadata> in their <c>metadata.xml</c>. By |
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+convention, a comment line containing the string <c>maintainer-needed</c> |
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+is inserted. Other tags which are relevant to the package may be |
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+present in the metadata. Bugs for these packages must be assigned to |
| 535 |
+<c>maintainer-needed@g.o</c>. The QA team periodically generates the |
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+<uri link="https://qa-reports.gentoo.org/output/maintainer-needed.html"> |
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+orphaned packages list</uri> along with their corresponding bugs as |
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+part of the QA reports. |
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</p> |
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|
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+<codesample lang="sgml"> |
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> |
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+<pkgmetadata> |
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+ <!-- maintainer-needed --> |
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+ <upstream> |
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+ <maintainer status="active"> |
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+ <email>rasmus@××××××××.edu</email> |
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+ <name>Matt Rasmussen</name> |
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+ </maintainer> |
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+ <doc lang="en">http://keepnote.org/manual/</doc> |
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+ <bugs-to>https://code.google.com/p/keepnote/issues/list</bugs-to> |
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+ </upstream> |
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+ <longdescription lang="en"> |
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+ KeepNote is a note taking application. With KeepNote, you can |
| 556 |
+ store your class notes, TODO lists, research notes, journal entries, |
| 557 |
+ paper outlines, etc in a simple notebook hierarchy with rich-text |
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+ formatting, images, and more. Using full-text search, you can |
| 559 |
+ retrieve any note for later reference. |
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+ </longdescription> |
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+</pkgmetadata> |
| 562 |
+</codesample> |
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+ |
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+</body> |
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+</subsection> |
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+</body> |
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</section> |
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